"limppa" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Proto-Finnic]

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, according to EES, possibly of sound-symbolic origin. Etymology templates: {{unc|urj-fin-pro}} Uncertain, {{bor|urj-fin-pro|gem-pro|*limpaną}} Proto-Germanic *limpaną, {{cog|en|limp}} English limp, {{bor|urj-fin-pro|gem-pro|*slimbaz}} Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, {{sound symbolic|urj-fin-pro|nocap=1}} sound-symbolic Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|limppa}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], limppa [nominative, singular], limp'at [nominative, plural], limp'an [accusative, singular], limp'at [accusative, plural], limp'an [genitive, singular], limppadën [genitive, plural], limppoidën [genitive, plural], limppada [partitive, singular], limppoida [partitive, plural], limp'assa [inessive, singular], limp'ahna [inessive, singular], limp'oissa [inessive, plural], limp'oihna [inessive, plural], limp'asta [elative, singular], limp'oista [elative, plural], limppahën [illative, singular], limppoihën [illative, plural], limp'alla [adessive, singular], limp'oilla [adessive, plural], limp'alta [ablative, singular], limp'oilta [ablative, plural], limppalën [allative, singular], limppalëk [allative, singular], limppoilën [allative, plural], limppoilëk [allative, plural], limppana [essive, singular], limppoina [essive, plural], limp'aksi [singular, translative], limp'oiksi [plural, translative], limp'an [instructive, singular], limp'oin [instructive, plural], limppanëk [comitative, singular], limppoinëk [comitative, plural], limp'atta [abessive, singular], limp'oitta [abessive, plural]
  1. limping; lame Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: limp'at'ak
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "limppa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "limppajalka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "limppakinttu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "limp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limpaną",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "limp"
      },
      "expansion": "English limp",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*slimbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slimbaz",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound symbolic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, according to EES, possibly of sound-symbolic origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'at",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'at",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppadën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'assa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'ahna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'asta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppahën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'alla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'alta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppalën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppalëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'aksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppanëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'atta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "limppa"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-oi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "limp'at'ak"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limping; lame"
      ],
      "id": "en-limppa-urj-fin-pro-adj-9v1NuH9B",
      "links": [
        [
          "limping",
          "limping"
        ],
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "limppa"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "limp'at'ak"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "limppa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "limppajalka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "limppakinttu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
      "word": "limp"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "urj-fin-pro"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limpaną",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "limp"
      },
      "expansion": "English limp",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*slimbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slimbaz",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sound-symbolic",
      "name": "sound symbolic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (whence English limp), or Proto-Germanic *slimbaz, or alternatively, according to EES, possibly of sound-symbolic origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'at",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'at",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppadën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'assa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'ahna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'asta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppahën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'alla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'alta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppalën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppalëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'aksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppanëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limppoinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'atta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "limp'oitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "limppa"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/limppa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic adjectives",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-oi",
        "Proto-Finnic sound-symbolic terms",
        "Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "limping; lame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "limping",
          "limping"
        ],
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "limppa"
}

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