Noun type: 6
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | sipuli |
| Partitive | sipulia |
| Genetive | sipulin |
| Accusative | sipulin |
| Inessive | sipulissa |
| Elative | sipulista |
| Illative | sipuliin |
| Adessive | sipulilla |
| Ablative | sipulilta |
| Allative | sipulille |
| Essive | sipulina |
| Translative | sipuliksi |
| Abessive | sipulitta |
Plural
| Nominative | sipulit |
| Partitive | sipuleja; sipuleita |
| Genetive | sipulien; sipuleiden; sipuleitten |
| Accusative | sipulit |
| Inessive | sipuleissa |
| Elative | sipuleista |
| Illative | sipuleihin |
| Adessive | sipuleilla |
| Ablative | sipuleilta |
| Allative | sipuleille |
| Essive | sipuleina |
| Translative | sipuleiksi |
| Abessive | sipuleitta |
| Instructive | sipulein |
| Comitative | sipuleine |
Sample Sentences
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Sipuli on erittäin monipuolinen ruoka-aine. (Onion is a very versatile ingredient.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Old Swedish sipul /sipol (“red onion”), from Middle Low German sipolle (compare German Zwiebel), from Late Latin cepulla (diminutive of Latin cepa). See: German Nouns '
Zwiebel', Latin Nouns '
cepa'.
Nouns inflected like sipuli
aateli,
adapteri,
agar,
agar-agar,
agitaattori,
ahteri,
aioli,
aituri,
ajuri,
akkumulaattori,
akseli,
akupunktuuri,
alabasteri,
albaani,
albumi,
alkali,
alligaattori,
alttari,
ampeeri,
amppeli, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)