/ˈkilpɑ/, [ˈk̟ilpɑ̝]
AlkuperäUnknown. No known cognates, except for some Karelian words, which are probably borrowed from Finnish. Possibly related to dialectal kilpakka, kilpeä (“sour(ed), turned, spoiled”), kilvetä (“to rebound, ricochet”).
- race, contest, competition, rivalry
Muodotkilpa(nominative, singular) · kilvat(nominative, plural) · kilpa(accusative, nominative, singular) · kilvat(accusative, nominative, plural) · kilvan(accusative, genitive, singular) · kilvat(accusative, genitive, plural) · kilvan(genitive, singular) · kilpojen(genitive, plural) · kilpain(genitive, plural, rare) · kilpaa(partitive, singular) · kilpoja(partitive, plural) · kilvassa(inessive, singular) · kilvoissa(inessive, plural) · kilvasta(elative, singular) · kilvoista(elative, plural) · kilpaan(illative, singular) · kilpoihin(illative, plural) · kilvalla(adessive, singular) · kilvoilla(adessive, plural) · kilvalta(ablative, singular)