urpa

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of arpa (“harp”) influenced by ungla (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈur.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈuɾ.pa]

Noun

urpa f (plural urpes)

1. claw

   Synonym: garra

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Podia sentir els seus lladrucs, allà baix. Amb prou feines vaig veure l'urpa que atacava el tercer quinqué.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• urpar
• urpejar
• urpir

Further reading

• “urpa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “urpa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Ingrian

Urvat (1).

Urvat (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *urpa. Cognates include dialectal Finnish urpa and Estonian urb.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈurpɑ/, [ˈurp]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈurpɑ/, [ˈurb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -urp, -urpɑ
• Hyphenation: ur‧pa

Noun

urpa

1. leafbud
2. catkin

Declension

Declension of urpa (type 3/koira, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	urpa	urvat
genitive	urvan	urpiin
partitive	urpaa	urpia
illative	urpaa	urpii
inessive	urvaas	urviis
elative	urvast	urvist
allative	urvalle	urville
adessive	urvaal	urviil
ablative	urvalt	urvilt
translative	urvaks	urviks
essive	urpanna, urpaan	urpinna, urpiin
exessive1)	urpant	urpint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• urpaviina

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 624