sipuli

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish sipul (“red onion”), sipol, akin to German Zwiebel, ultimately from Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsipuli/, [ˈs̠ipuli]
• Rhymes: -ipuli
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧pu‧li

Noun

sipuli

1. onion, Allium cepa

   Synonym: keltasipuli

2. onion (plant of the genus Allium)

   Synonym: laukka

   1. (in the plural) onion, Allium (genus)
3. (botany) bulb (onion shaped root bulb of many plants)

Declension

Inflection of sipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		sipuli	sipulit
genitive		sipulin	sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten
partitive		sipulia	sipuleita sipuleja
illative		sipuliin	sipuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sipuli	sipulit
accusative	nom.	sipuli	sipulit
	gen.	sipulin
genitive		sipulin	sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten
partitive		sipulia	sipuleita sipuleja
inessive		sipulissa	sipuleissa
elative		sipulista	sipuleista
illative		sipuliin	sipuleihin
adessive		sipulilla	sipuleilla
ablative		sipulilta	sipuleilta
allative		sipulille	sipuleille
essive		sipulina	sipuleina
translative		sipuliksi	sipuleiksi
abessive		sipulitta	sipuleitta
instructive		—	sipulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sipulini sipulini accusative nom. sipulini sipulini gen. sipulini genitive sipulini sipulieni sipuleideni sipuleitteni partitive sipuliani sipuleitani sipulejani inessive sipulissani sipuleissani elative sipulistani sipuleistani illative sipuliini sipuleihini adessive sipulillani sipuleillani ablative sipuliltani sipuleiltani allative sipulilleni sipuleilleni essive sipulinani sipuleinani translative sipulikseni sipuleikseni abessive sipulittani sipuleittani instructive — — comitative — sipuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sipulisi sipulisi accusative nom. sipulisi sipulisi gen. sipulisi genitive sipulisi sipuliesi sipuleidesi sipuleittesi partitive sipuliasi sipuleitasi sipulejasi inessive sipulissasi sipuleissasi elative sipulistasi sipuleistasi illative sipuliisi sipuleihisi adessive sipulillasi sipuleillasi ablative sipuliltasi sipuleiltasi allative sipulillesi sipuleillesi essive sipulinasi sipuleinasi translative sipuliksesi sipuleiksesi abessive sipulittasi sipuleittasi instructive — — comitative — sipuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sipulimme sipulimme accusative nom. sipulimme sipulimme gen. sipulimme genitive sipulimme sipuliemme sipuleidemme sipuleittemme partitive sipuliamme sipuleitamme sipulejamme inessive sipulissamme sipuleissamme elative sipulistamme sipuleistamme illative sipuliimme sipuleihimme adessive sipulillamme sipuleillamme ablative sipuliltamme sipuleiltamme allative sipulillemme sipuleillemme essive sipulinamme sipuleinamme translative sipuliksemme sipuleiksemme abessive sipulittamme sipuleittamme instructive — — comitative — sipuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sipulinne sipulinne accusative nom. sipulinne sipulinne gen. sipulinne genitive sipulinne sipulienne sipuleidenne sipuleittenne partitive sipulianne sipuleitanne sipulejanne inessive sipulissanne sipuleissanne elative sipulistanne sipuleistanne illative sipuliinne sipuleihinne adessive sipulillanne sipuleillanne ablative sipuliltanne sipuleiltanne allative sipulillenne sipuleillenne essive sipulinanne sipuleinanne translative sipuliksenne sipuleiksenne abessive sipulittanne sipuleittanne instructive — — comitative — sipuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sipulinsa sipulinsa accusative nom. sipulinsa sipulinsa gen. sipulinsa genitive sipulinsa sipuliensa sipuleidensa sipuleittensa partitive sipuliaan sipuliansa sipuleitaan sipulejaan sipuleitansa sipulejansa inessive sipulissaan sipulissansa sipuleissaan sipuleissansa elative sipulistaan sipulistansa sipuleistaan sipuleistansa illative sipuliinsa sipuleihinsa adessive sipulillaan sipulillansa sipuleillaan sipuleillansa ablative sipuliltaan sipuliltansa sipuleiltaan sipuleiltansa allative sipulilleen sipulillensa sipuleilleen sipuleillensa essive sipulinaan sipulinansa sipuleinaan sipuleinansa translative sipulikseen sipuliksensa sipuleikseen sipuleiksensa abessive sipulittaan sipulittansa sipuleittaan sipuleittansa instructive — — comitative — sipuleineen sipuleinensa

Derived terms

• siplari
• sipulinen

(compounds):

• hankasipuli
• hillosipuli
• hopeasipuli
• ilmasipuli
• istukassipuli
• jättisipuli
• karvasipuli
• keltasipuli
• kepasipuli
• kevätsipuli
• kiinansipuli
• kukkasipuli
• pillisipuli
• punasipuli
• purjosipuli
• ruohosipuli
• ruokasipuli
• ryvässipuli
• salaattisipuli
• salottisipuli
• sipulihakkuri
• sipulihiutale
• sipulijauhe
• sipulikampa
• sipulikastike
• sipulikasvi
• sipulikeitto
• sipulikirkko
• sipulikoi
• sipulikupoli
• sipulikärpänen
• sipulilehti
• sipulileikkuri
• sipulimaito
• sipulinkuori
• sipulinnoki
• sipulinviipale
• sipulipihvi
• sipulipiirakka
• sipulirengas
• sipulisuola
• sipuliviipale
• siveydensipuli
• talvisipuli
• tomaatti-sipulisalaatti
• valkosipuli
• varhaissipuli
• vihersipuli

Descendants

• → Ingrian: sipuli

Further reading

• “sipuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• lipsui, pliisu

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sipuli.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsipuli/, [ˈs̠ipulʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsipuːli/, [ˈʃipˑuːli]
• Rhymes: -ipulʲ, -ipuːli
• Hyphenation: si‧pu‧li

Noun

sipuli

1. Synonym of laukka
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, N. A. Iljin, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:

     Tarhaas kasvaat borkkanat, kapusta ja sipuli.

     In the yard there grow carrots, cabbage and onion.

Declension

Declension of sipuli (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sipuli	sipulit
genitive	sipulin	sipuliin, sipuliloin
partitive	sipulia	sipulija, sipuliloja
illative	sipulii	sipulii, sipuliloihe
inessive	sipuliis	sipuliis, sipulilois
elative	sipulist	sipuliist, sipuliloist
allative	sipulille	sipuliille, sipuliloille
adessive	sipuliil	sipuliil, sipuliloil
ablative	sipulilt	sipuliilt, sipuliloilt
translative	sipuliks	sipuliiks, sipuliloiks
essive	sipulinna, sipuliin	sipuliinna, sipuliloinna, sipuliin, sipuliloin
exessive1)	sipulint	sipuliint, sipuliloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• maasipuli

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сибули”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sipuli, from Late Old Swedish sipul (“red onion”), from Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsipuli/, [ˈsʲipuli]
• Rhymes: -ipuli
• Hyphenation: si‧pu‧li

Noun

sipuli

1. onion

Inflection

Declension of sipuli (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sipuli	sipulid
genitive	sipuli	sipulijõ, sipulii
partitive	sipulia	sipuliitõ, sipulii
illative	sipulisõ, sipuli	sipuliisõ
inessive	sipuliz	sipuliiz
elative	sipulissõ	sipuliissõ
allative	sipulilõ	sipuliilõ
adessive	sipulillõ	sipuliillõ
ablative	sipuliltõ	sipuliiltõ
translative	sipulissi	sipuliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn