torppa

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish torp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtorpːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rpːɑ̝] Rhymes: -orpːɑ Syllabification(key): torp‧pa Hyphenation(key): torp‧pa === Noun === torppa (historical, Sweden and Finland from 17th to early 20th century) croft, copyhold (farm, part of a larger farm or manor, the rent of which was paid through work on the owner's land and sometimes with produce) a house on a croft or copyhold cottage (small farmhouse) ==== Usage notes ==== The land ownership system in England differed from that of Sweden and Finland and thus torppa and "copyhold" are not exactly equivalent forms of land tenure. If the lessee rented the whole farm, the property was called lampuotitila and the lessee was lampuoti. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== mäkitupa taksvärkki === Further reading === “torppa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023