# noppa
## Finnish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to nopea. Earliest mention in a dictionary in 1826.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnopːɑ/, [ˈno̞pːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -opːɑ
* Hyphenation: nop‧pa

### Noun

noppa
* a die (random result generating object, usually a polyhedron, used in games)
* (university slang) credit, academic credit, course credit

#### Declension

Possessive forms of noppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
noppani
noppani
accusative
nom.
noppani
noppani
gen.
noppani
genitive
noppani
noppieni noppaini $^{rare}$
partitive
noppaani
noppiani
inessive
nopassani
nopissani
elative
nopastani
nopistani
illative
noppaani
noppiini
adessive
nopallani
nopillani
ablative
nopaltani
nopiltani
allative
nopalleni
nopilleni
essive
noppanani
noppinani
translative
nopakseni
nopikseni
abessive
nopattani
nopittani
instructive
comitative
—noppineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
noppasi
noppasi
accusative
nom.
noppasi
noppasi
gen.
noppasi
genitive
noppasi
noppiesi noppaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
noppaasi
noppiasi
inessive
nopassasi
nopissasi
elative
nopastasi
nopistasi
illative
noppaasi
noppiisi
adessive
nopallasi
nopillasi
ablative
nopaltasi
nopiltasi
allative
nopallesi
nopillesi
essive
noppanasi
noppinasi
translative
nopaksesi
nopiksesi
abessive
nopattasi
nopittasi
instructive
comitative
—noppinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
noppamme
noppamme
accusative
nom.
noppamme
noppamme
gen.
noppamme
genitive
noppamme
noppiemme noppaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
noppaamme
noppiamme
inessive
nopassamme
nopissamme
elative
nopastamme
nopistamme
illative
noppaamme
noppiimme
adessive
nopallamme
nopillamme
ablative
nopaltamme
nopiltamme
allative
nopallemme
nopillemme
essive
noppanamme
noppinamme
translative
nopaksemme
nopiksemme
abessive
nopattamme
nopittamme
instructive
comitative
—noppinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
noppanne
noppanne
accusative
nom.
noppanne
noppanne
gen.
noppanne
genitive
noppanne
noppienne noppainne $^{rare}$
partitive
noppaanne
noppianne
inessive
nopassanne
nopissanne
elative
nopastanne
nopistanne
illative
noppaanne
noppiinne
adessive
nopallanne
nopillanne
ablative
nopaltanne
nopiltanne
allative
nopallenne
nopillenne
essive
noppananne
noppinanne
translative
nopaksenne
nopiksenne
abessive
nopattanne
nopittanne
instructive
comitative
—noppinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
noppansa
noppansa
accusative
nom.
noppansa
noppansa
gen.
noppansa
genitive
noppansa
noppiensa noppainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
noppaansa
noppiaan noppiansa
inessive
nopassaan nopassansa
nopissaan nopissansa
elative
nopastaan nopastansa
nopistaan nopistansa
illative
noppaansa
noppiinsa
adessive
nopallaan nopallansa
nopillaan nopillansa
ablative
nopaltaan nopaltansa
nopiltaan nopiltansa
allative
nopalleen nopallensa
nopilleen nopillensa
essive
noppanaan noppanansa
noppinaan noppinansa
translative
nopakseen nopaksensa
nopikseen nopiksensa
abessive
nopattaan nopattansa
nopittaan nopittansa
instructive
comitative
—noppineen noppinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (course credit): opintopiste, suorituspiste

#### Hyponyms

* (die): arpakuutio

#### Derived terms

* arpanoppa
* karvanoppa
* nopanheitto
* noppakiveys
* noppakivi
* noppapeli
* noppaperhonen
* noppasoppa

#### References

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

### Further reading

* “noppa”, 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

* nappo, popan

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɔpa/

### Alternative forms

* noppra

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish noppa, from Old Norse *hnoppa, from Proto-Germanic *hnuppô.

#### Noun

noppa c
* a pill, a bobble (ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Disputed. Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnuppōną (“tear off”). Possibly verbification of the noun. Compare origin of nypa.

#### Verb

noppa (present noppar, preterite noppade, supine noppat, imperative noppa)
* to pick (usually pills from the surface of a textile, or eyebrows), (of eyebrows) to pluck
    noppa ögonbrynenpluck one's eyebrows

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* noppig
* noppning

### References

* noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* noppa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* noppa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Wolof
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔpːa/

### Noun

noppa
* ear