humppa

English

Etymology

From Finnish humppa.

Noun

humppa (countable and uncountable, plural humppas)

  1. A type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot.
  2. Any of certain social dances.

Finnish

(index hu)

Etymology

Adapted from a German etymological description of a tuba playing, compare English oom-pah.[1] The word was originally used in the name of an ensemble, the music genre of which was later named after them.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hump‧pa

Noun

humppa

  1. humppa

Declension

Inflection of humppa (Kotus type 10/koira, pp-p gradation)
nominative humppa humpat
genitive humpan humppien
partitive humppaa humppia
illative humppaan humppiin
singular plural
nominative humppa humpat
accusative nom. humppa humpat
gen. humpan
genitive humpan humppien
humppainrare
partitive humppaa humppia
inessive humpassa humpissa
elative humpasta humpista
illative humppaan humppiin
adessive humpalla humpilla
ablative humpalta humpilta
allative humpalle humpille
essive humppana humppina
translative humpaksi humpiksi
instructive — humpin
abessive humpatta humpitta
comitative — humppineen

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ “Humppa”, in Tanssi.net‎ (in Finnish), unknown
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