humppa

== English == === Etymology === From Finnish humppa. Doublet of oom-pah. === Noun === humppa (countable and uncountable, plural humppas) A type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot. Any of certain social dances. == Finnish == === Etymology === Adapted from a German onomatopoeic description of a tuba playing, compare English oom-pah. The word was originally used in the name of an ensemble, the music genre of which was later named after them. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpːɑ̝] Rhymes: -umpːɑ Syllabification(key): hump‧pa Hyphenation(key): hump‧pa === Noun === humppa humppa ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: humppa === References === === Further reading === “humppa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === hamppu == Ingrian == === Etymology === Sound-symbolic. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpːɑ] Rhymes: -umpː, -umpːɑ Hyphenation: hump‧pa === Adjective === humppa (comparative humpamp) silly ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 74