# tapuli
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish stapul (modern Swedish stapel), from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“pillar, post”). Doublet of taapeli (“pile of wood heaped into a lattice structure for storage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑpuli/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝puli]
* Rhymes: -ɑpuli
* Hyphenation: ta‧pu‧li

### Noun

tapuli
* campanile (US), belltower (freestanding belltower of a church)
    Synonym: kellotapuli
* a type of stack of boards or planks to allow drying: the boards are plied so that the air can circulate around them
    Synonym: lautatapuli
* staple (bundle of short fibers in wool)
    Synonym: villatapuli
* (historical, as modifier) having the right to do foreign trade
    tapulioikeus (“right to do foreign trade”)
    tapulikaupunki (“town with such right”)
* (archaic) tower
* (archaic) storage

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tapuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapulini
tapulini
accusative
nom.
tapulini
tapulini
gen.
tapulini
genitive
tapulini
tapulieni tapuleideni tapuleitteni
partitive
tapuliani
tapuleitani tapulejani
inessive
tapulissani
tapuleissani
elative
tapulistani
tapuleistani
illative
tapuliini
tapuleihini
adessive
tapulillani
tapuleillani
ablative
tapuliltani
tapuleiltani
allative
tapulilleni
tapuleilleni
essive
tapulinani
tapuleinani
translative
tapulikseni
tapuleikseni
abessive
tapulittani
tapuleittani
instructive
comitative
—tapuleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapulisi
tapulisi
accusative
nom.
tapulisi
tapulisi
gen.
tapulisi
genitive
tapulisi
tapuliesi tapuleidesi tapuleittesi
partitive
tapuliasi
tapuleitasi tapulejasi
inessive
tapulissasi
tapuleissasi
elative
tapulistasi
tapuleistasi
illative
tapuliisi
tapuleihisi
adessive
tapulillasi
tapuleillasi
ablative
tapuliltasi
tapuleiltasi
allative
tapulillesi
tapuleillesi
essive
tapulinasi
tapuleinasi
translative
tapuliksesi
tapuleiksesi
abessive
tapulittasi
tapuleittasi
instructive
comitative
—tapuleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapulimme
tapulimme
accusative
nom.
tapulimme
tapulimme
gen.
tapulimme
genitive
tapulimme
tapuliemme tapuleidemme tapuleittemme
partitive
tapuliamme
tapuleitamme tapulejamme
inessive
tapulissamme
tapuleissamme
elative
tapulistamme
tapuleistamme
illative
tapuliimme
tapuleihimme
adessive
tapulillamme
tapuleillamme
ablative
tapuliltamme
tapuleiltamme
allative
tapulillemme
tapuleillemme
essive
tapulinamme
tapuleinamme
translative
tapuliksemme
tapuleiksemme
abessive
tapulittamme
tapuleittamme
instructive
comitative
—tapuleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapulinne
tapulinne
accusative
nom.
tapulinne
tapulinne
gen.
tapulinne
genitive
tapulinne
tapulienne tapuleidenne tapuleittenne
partitive
tapulianne
tapuleitanne tapulejanne
inessive
tapulissanne
tapuleissanne
elative
tapulistanne
tapuleistanne
illative
tapuliinne
tapuleihinne
adessive
tapulillanne
tapuleillanne
ablative
tapuliltanne
tapuleiltanne
allative
tapulillenne
tapuleillenne
essive
tapulinanne
tapuleinanne
translative
tapuliksenne
tapuleiksenne
abessive
tapulittanne
tapuleittanne
instructive
comitative
—tapuleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapulinsa
tapulinsa
accusative
nom.
tapulinsa
tapulinsa
gen.
tapulinsa
genitive
tapulinsa
tapuliensa tapuleidensa tapuleittensa
partitive
tapuliaan tapuliansa
tapuleitaan tapulejaan tapuleitansa tapulejansa
inessive
tapulissaan tapulissansa
tapuleissaan tapuleissansa
elative
tapulistaan tapulistansa
tapuleistaan tapuleistansa
illative
tapuliinsa
tapuleihinsa
adessive
tapulillaan tapulillansa
tapuleillaan tapuleillansa
ablative
tapuliltaan tapuliltansa
tapuleiltaan tapuleiltansa
allative
tapulilleen tapulillensa
tapuleilleen tapuleillensa
essive
tapulinaan tapulinansa
tapuleinaan tapuleinansa
translative
tapulikseen tapuliksensa
tapuleikseen tapuleiksensa
abessive
tapulittaan tapulittansa
tapuleittaan tapuleittansa
instructive
comitative
—tapuleineen tapuleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kellotapuli
* lautatapuli
* tapulikaupunki
* tapulioikeus
* tapulitavara
* villatapuli

### Further reading

* “tapuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* puilta, tipula, tulipa