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Seppo

Seppo

See also: seppo

English

Noun

Seppo (plural Seppos)

  1. (Australia, slang) An American.
    • 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17,
      ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’
      ‘Your first what?’
      Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’
      ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’
      ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’
      ‘No.’

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Finnish

Etymology

From seppo (smith, skillful person), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsepːo/
  • Hyphenation: Sep‧po

Proper noun

Seppo

  1. A male given name.
    • 1974 Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, ISBN 9513030156, page 167:
      —Petri, se on näitä uusia nimiä.
      —Niin on, nykyisin annetaan semmoisia Jareja ja Kareja ja Petrejä.
      ―Kun meidän esikoinen syntyi, niille annettiin nimeksi Seppo ja Pekka ja Tauno.
    • 1999 Juhani Syrjä, Juho 19-33, in Juho (Gummerus 2008), ISBN 9789512077809, page182:
      Tukevalle ja isokouraiselle pojalle annoimme nimeksi Seppo.

Declension

Inflection of Seppo (Kotus type 1/valo, pp-p gradation)
nominative Seppo Sepot
genitive Sepon Seppojen
partitive Seppoa Seppoja
illative Seppoon Seppoihin
singular plural
nominative Seppo Sepot
accusative nom. Seppo Sepot
gen. Sepon
genitive Sepon Seppojen
partitive Seppoa Seppoja
inessive Sepossa Sepoissa
elative Seposta Sepoista
illative Seppoon Seppoihin
adessive Sepolla Sepoilla
ablative Sepolta Sepoilta
allative Sepolle Sepoille
essive Seppona Seppoina
translative Sepoksi Sepoiksi
instructive Sepoin
abessive Sepotta Sepoitta
comitative Seppoineen

Usage notes

  • Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination Seppo Ilmari.

seppo

seppo

See also: Seppo

Finnish

Proper noun

seppo

  1. (poetic) smith

Declension

Inflection of seppo (Kotus type 1/valo, pp-p gradation)
nominative seppo sepot
genitive sepon seppojen
partitive seppoa seppoja
illative seppoon seppoihin
singular plural
nominative seppo sepot
accusative nom. seppo sepot
gen. sepon
genitive sepon seppojen
partitive seppoa seppoja
inessive sepossa sepoissa
elative seposta sepoista
illative seppoon seppoihin
adessive sepolla sepoilla
ablative sepolta sepoilta
allative sepolle sepoille
essive seppona seppoina
translative sepoksi sepoiksi
instructive sepoin
abessive sepotta sepoitta
comitative seppoineen

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