Lappi

See also: lappi

Finnish

Region of Lapland (red) on the map of Finland (sense 2).

Historical region

Etymology

From Lappa- +‎ -i (compare lappalainen). There are two main theories on the origin of this word:

• Swedish lapp (“patch”), as a calque of the Sami endonym represented by e.g. vuowjoš (1743 hapax legomenon in the Sami variety spoken in or around Tornio, seemingly derived from the same word whence also Lule Sami vuojvve (“patch (of textile), gusset”))
• related to lape, (dialectal) lappea, originally in the meaning "remote place" (compare Moksha лапш (lapš), Erzya лапужа (lapuža, “flat”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpːi/, [ˈlɑ̝pːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːi
• Hyphenation^(key): Lap‧pi

Proper noun

Lappi

1. (uncountable) Lapland (geographical area that covers the northmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland plus a Northwestern corner of Russia)
2. (uncountable) Lapland (the northernmost maakunta (“region”) of Finland)
3. A former municipality of Satakunta, Finland, merged with Rauma in 2009.
4. Any of a number of small places in Finland outside Lapland (named for ancient Sami residence).
5. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname derived from lappi (“a Sami”)

Declension

Inflection of Lappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)
nominative		Lappi	—
genitive		Lapin	—
partitive		Lappia	—
illative		Lappiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Lappi	—
accusative	nom.	Lappi	—
	gen.	Lapin
genitive		Lapin	—
partitive		Lappia	—
inessive		Lapissa	—
elative		Lapista	—
illative		Lappiin	—
adessive		Lapilla	—
ablative		Lapilta	—
allative		Lapille	—
essive		Lappina	—
translative		Lapiksi	—
abessive		Lapitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Lappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lappini — accusative nom. Lappini — gen. Lappini genitive Lappini — partitive Lappiani — inessive Lapissani — elative Lapistani — illative Lappiini — adessive Lapillani — ablative Lapiltani — allative Lapilleni — essive Lappinani — translative Lapikseni — abessive Lapittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lappisi — accusative nom. Lappisi — gen. Lappisi genitive Lappisi — partitive Lappiasi — inessive Lapissasi — elative Lapistasi — illative Lappiisi — adessive Lapillasi — ablative Lapiltasi — allative Lapillesi — essive Lappinasi — translative Lapiksesi — abessive Lapittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lappimme — accusative nom. Lappimme — gen. Lappimme genitive Lappimme — partitive Lappiamme — inessive Lapissamme — elative Lapistamme — illative Lappiimme — adessive Lapillamme — ablative Lapiltamme — allative Lapillemme — essive Lappinamme — translative Lapiksemme — abessive Lapittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lappinne — accusative nom. Lappinne — gen. Lappinne genitive Lappinne — partitive Lappianne — inessive Lapissanne — elative Lapistanne — illative Lappiinne — adessive Lapillanne — ablative Lapiltanne — allative Lapillenne — essive Lappinanne — translative Lapiksenne — abessive Lapittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Lappinsa — accusative nom. Lappinsa — gen. Lappinsa genitive Lappinsa — partitive Lappiaan Lappiansa — inessive Lapissaan Lapissansa — elative Lapistaan Lapistansa — illative Lappiinsa — adessive Lapillaan Lapillansa — ablative Lapiltaan Lapiltansa — allative Lapilleen Lapillensa — essive Lappinaan Lappinansa — translative Lapikseen Lapiksensa — abessive Lapittaan Lapittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• lapikas
• lapinharakka
• lapinhullu
• Lapinjärvi
• Lapinkangas
• lapinkeltaperhonen
• lapinkirvinen
• lapinkoira
• lapinkylä
• lapinkävijä
• Lapinlahti
• Lapinlampi
• lapinleinikki
• lapinleuku
• Lapinmaa
• lapinmyyrä
• Lapinniemi
• lapinnokiperhonen
• Lapinoja
• lapinpaimenkoira
• lapinporokoira
• lapinpuku
• lapinpöllö
• lapinraanu
• lapinraunio
• lapinrousku
• lapinsara
• lapinsirkku
• lapinsirppisammal
• lapinsirri
• lapintiainen
• lapintiira
• lapinuunilintu
• lapinverkkoperhonen
• lapinvuokko
• Lappajärvi
• lappalainen
• lappilainen
• Metsä-Lappi
• ruotsinlapinkoira
• Tunturi-Lappi

 

Statistics

• Lappi is the 654^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,317 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• alppi, lippa