tippa

From Proto-Finnic *tippa. Related to Estonian tiba, Ingrian tippa, Karelian tippa, Ludian ťipp and Veps tipp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipːɑ/, [ˈt̪ipːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ipːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tip‧pa

tippa

1. drop (small quantity of liquid, just enough to hold its round shape)

• “tippa”, 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

• papit, tappi

From Proto-Finnic *tippa. Cognates include Finnish tippa and Estonian tiba.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtipːɑ/, [ˈtʲipː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtipːɑ/, [ˈtipːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ipː, -ipːɑ
• Hyphenation: tip‧pa

tippa

1. Synonym of tilkka (“drop”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 586

tippa

1. inflection of tippare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• tappi

• tippet

tippa

1. inflection of tippe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

tippa

1. sharp
2. piercing
3. acute

• tibba

Uncertain, but possibly related to tipp (“tip, edge”), similar to Danish tippe and English tip (sense 2). If so, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top”).

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tippa (present tippar, preterite tippade, supine tippat, imperative tippa)

1. to tip over, to tip

   Jag försöker få den att stå på sidan, men den tippar hela tiden

   I'm trying to make it stand on its side, but it keeps tipping over

   Vi hann ta oss ur bilen innan den tippade över kanten och föll i vattnet

   We managed to get out of the car before it tipped over the edge and fell into the water

2. to tilt, to tip (a truck bed or the like)

   Tippa flaket genom att trycka på den här knappen

   Tilt the bed by pressing this button

3. (sometimes with av (“off”)) to dump (by tilting a truck bed or the like)

   Bonden tippade av gödslet på gödselstacken

   The farmer dumped ("tipped off") the manure on the dunghill

4. to make a guess (often about the future)

   Jag tippar att Sverige inte kommer vinna nästa fotbolls-VM heller

   My guess is that Sweden won't win the next World Cup in soccer either

5. to bet (on an outcome, usually on soccer matches)
6. (sports) to tip (prevent a goal by steering (the ball) in a different direction)

   Målvakten kastade sig och lyckades tippa bollen över ribban

   The goalkeeper threw himself and managed to tip the ball over the bar

• soptipp
• tipp
• tippad
• tippning
• tippvagn
• tips
• tipsa

• välta

• tippa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tippa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tippa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)