Lappi

From Lappa- +‎ -i (compare lappalainen). There are two main theories on the origin of this word:^[1]

• Swedish lapp (“patch”), as a calque of the Sami endonym represented by e.g. vuowjoš (1743 hapax legomenon in the Sami variety spoken in or around Tornio, seemingly derived from the same word whence also Lule Sami vuojvve (“patch (of textile), gusset”))
• related to lape, (dialectal) lappea, originally in the meaning "remote place" (compare Moksha лапш (lapš), Erzya лапужа (lapuža, “flat”))

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpːi/, [ˈlɑ̝pːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːi
• Syllabification^(key): Lap‧pi
• Hyphenation^(key): Lap‧pi

Lappi

1. (uncountable) Lapland (geographical area that covers the northmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland plus a Northwestern corner of Russia)
2. (uncountable) Lapland (the northernmost maakunta (“region”) of Finland)
3. (uncountable) a former municipality of Satakunta, Finland, merged with Rauma in 2009.
4. Any of a number of small places in Finland outside Lapland (named for ancient Sami residence).
5. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname derived from lappi (“a Sami”)

• Lappi is the 654^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,317 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• alppi, lippa