talp

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin talpa (“mole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtalp]

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Noun

talp m (plural talps)

1. mole (a burrowing animal)
2. mole (an internal spy)

Derived terms

• rata talp
• talp daurat
• talp de mar
• talpejar
• talper
• talpera
• talpinar
• talpó

 

Further reading

• “talp” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Hungarian

Etymology

A local substrate word of undocumented provenience, probably from Cotinic, Gepidic or else East Germanic together with Romanian talpă (“sole”), which see for more comparisons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒlp]
• Rhymes: -ɒlp

Noun

talp (plural talpak)

1. sole (of the foot)
2. (typography) serif

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	talp	talpak
accusative	talpat	talpakat
dative	talpnak	talpaknak
instrumental	talppal	talpakkal
causal-final	talpért	talpakért
translative	talppá	talpakká
terminative	talpig	talpakig
essive-formal	talpként	talpakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	talpban	talpakban
superessive	talpon	talpakon
adessive	talpnál	talpaknál
illative	talpba	talpakba
sublative	talpra	talpakra
allative	talphoz	talpakhoz
elative	talpból	talpakból
delative	talpról	talpakról
ablative	talptól	talpaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	talpé	talpaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	talpéi	talpakéi

Possessive forms of talp
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	talpam	talpaim
2nd person sing.	talpad	talpaid
3rd person sing.	talpa	talpai
1st person plural	talpunk	talpaink
2nd person plural	talpatok	talpaitok
3rd person plural	talpuk	talpaik

Derived terms

• talpal
• talpalatnyi
• talpas
• talpatlan
• talpazat
• talpig
• talpú

 

Compound words

• ágyútalp
• betűtalp
• cipőtalp
• csizmatalp
• hernyótalp
• lánctalp
• lúdtalp
• szántalp
• talpalávaló
• talpbetét
• talpbélés
• talpbőr
• talpfa
• talpgerenda
• talpkő
• talpnyalás
• talpnyaló
• talponálló
• talppont
• talpraesett

 

Expressions

• talpára esik, mint a macska
• talpon van
• talpra állít
• tetőtől talpig

 

Further reading

• talp in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Volapük

Noun

talp (nominative plural talps)

1. mole

Declension

declension of talp

	singular	plural
nominative	talp	talps
genitive	talpa	talpas
dative	talpe	talpes
accusative	talpi	talpis
vocative 1	o talp!	o talps!
predicative 2	talpu	talpus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only