/ˈkuplɑ/, [ˈkuplɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *kupla, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Related to Estonian kubel, Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”), Karelian kupla, Livvi kubl and probably Inari Sami koble (“roe pouch”), Eastern Mari кувыл (kuvyl, “bubbles on the water surface, due to rain”) and Southern Mansi [script needed] (kɛ̮wl-, “to swim, to float”), possibly also Hungarian hólyag (“bladder”).
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- bubble (spherical cavity in a solid material)
- bubble (anything resembling a hollow sphere)
- bubble (economics: period of intense speculation in a market)
- bubble (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
- bubble (something or somebody who just seemingly is what is supposed, but in fact does have nothing or little to fulfill expectancies)
- informala Volkswagen Beetle automobile (may be capitalized)
- childishsnap, jinx (used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously)
Muodotkupla(nominative, singular) · kuplat(nominative, plural) · kupla(accusative, nominative, singular) · kuplat(accusative, nominative, plural) · kuplan(accusative, genitive, singular) · kuplat(accusative, genitive, plural) · kuplan(genitive, singular) · kuplien(genitive, plural) · kuplain(genitive, plural, rare) · kuplaa(partitive, singular) · kuplia(partitive, plural) · kuplassa(inessive, singular) · kuplissa(inessive, plural) · kuplasta(elative, singular) · kuplista(elative, plural) · kuplaan(illative, singular) · kupliin(illative, plural) · kuplalla(adessive, singular) · kuplilla(adessive, plural) · kuplalta(ablative, singular)