Tapio
Finnish
FWOTD – 5 June 2015
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to tavata as tavata + -io; one possibility is relation with Estonian taba (“padlock”) and Livonian tabā (“padlock”) (both connected with respective cognates of tavata), hinting at a theoretical noun *tapa (“trap”), which could have developed into a name for a god of the hunt.[1] Koivulehto took a different view, likewise connecting the word with tavata, but instead citing a Germanic comparandum, Proto-Germanic *gadōbiz (whence Old English gedēfe), proposing it as evidence of a semantic shift within Finnic (parallel to the development of Mielikki) through a sense like "lenient, amenable".[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑpio/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pio̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑpio
- Syllabification(key): Ta‧pi‧o
Proper noun
Tapio
- (Finnic mythology) The god of forest.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 46:53-56:
- Ota, metsä, miehiksesi, / Urohiksesi, Tapio! / Auta onni ottamahan, / Metsän kaunis kaatamahan!
- Now receive me as your man, / One of your own people, Tapio. / Give me luck, good hunting give me / For the bear, that forest beauty.
- Ota, metsä, miehiksesi, / Urohiksesi, Tapio! / Auta onni ottamahan, / Metsän kaunis kaatamahan!
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 46:53-56:
- a male given name
- (rare compared to given name) a surname
Usage notes
- Revived as a given name in the 19th century. A popular middle name since early 20th century.
Declension
| Inflection of Tapio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Tapio | Tapiot | ||
| genitive | Tapion | Tapioiden Tapioitten | ||
| partitive | Tapiota | Tapioita | ||
| illative | Tapioon | Tapioihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Tapio | Tapiot | ||
| accusative | nom. | Tapio | Tapiot | |
| gen. | Tapion | |||
| genitive | Tapion | Tapioiden Tapioitten | ||
| partitive | Tapiota | Tapioita | ||
| inessive | Tapiossa | Tapioissa | ||
| elative | Tapiosta | Tapioista | ||
| illative | Tapioon | Tapioihin | ||
| adessive | Tapiolla | Tapioilla | ||
| ablative | Tapiolta | Tapioilta | ||
| allative | Tapiolle | Tapioille | ||
| essive | Tapiona | Tapioina | ||
| translative | Tapioksi | Tapioiksi | ||
| instructive | — | Tapioin | ||
| abessive | Tapiotta | Tapioitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
- tapiola, Tapiola
References
- Suomen kielen etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of the Finnish language] (in Finnish), volume 4 [roskooli–teili], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura (Finno-Ugrian Society), 1969, →ISBN
- Koivulehto, Jorma. Lisiä germaanis-suomalaisiin lainakosketuksiin. Virittäjä 78/2 (1974)
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