# Lappi
## Finnish
### 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: /ˈlɑpːi/, [ˈlɑ̝pːi]
* Rhymes: -ɑpːi
* Hyphenation: Lap‧pi

### Proper noun

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

#### Declension

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 654th 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.

### References

* ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

### Anagrams

* alppi, lippa