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Alpo
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Finnish
Etymology
A vernacular form of fi la Albinus. Sometimes also derived from fi Albert and fi Alfred. Possibly also partly merged with fi gmh Albwin (related to en Alvin).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi 1959 w:Väinö Linna Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 101 WSOY 1965 Toiseksi sinä muutat nimesi, etu- ja sukunimesi, suomalaiseksi. Albin-nimen saat pitää entiselläään, koska sille ei löydy suoraa vastinetta, koska tuo Alpo, jota jotkut suosittelevat ei ole luonteva. Second, you'll change your name, both the first and last name, to something Finnish. You can keep Albin because there isn't a Finnish equivalent. Some people say Alpo, but that doesn't really work.
2011 Johanna Sinisalo, Enkelten verta, Teos, 978-951-851-414-8 (tr. by Lola Rogers 2014) pages 21-22:
fi Kun Ari (jota, paradoksaalista kyllä, en taas oikein koskaan osaa nimittää "isäksi") kävi lomillaan Amerikasta, hän jaksoi aina kertoa satunnaisille kahvivieraille, että Alpo oli Amerikassa koiranruoan nimi. When Ari (whom I, paradoxically, have never managed to call Dad) came to visit from America he always managed to mention to people who happened to stop for coffee that in America Alpo is a brand of dog food.
Declension
Alp o a
Related terms
fi Alpi
fi Alvi
Statistics
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References
Anagrams
fi alop Palo lapo palo pola