Alavus
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English
Proper noun
Alavus
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Finnish
Etymology
From the lake name *Alavojärvi (with later adaptation into the kalleus inflection type), in some way based on ala- (“lower, below”), i.e. "the downriver lake".[1] The exact morphological derivation remains obscure.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alavus
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Alavus" is Alavudella.
| Inflection of Alavus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Alavus | — | |
| genitive | Alavuden | — | |
| partitive | Alavutta | — | |
| illative | Alavuteen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Alavus | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Alavus | — |
| gen. | Alavuden | ||
| genitive | Alavuden | — | |
| partitive | Alavutta | — | |
| inessive | Alavudessa | — | |
| elative | Alavudesta | — | |
| illative | Alavuteen | — | |
| adessive | Alavudella | — | |
| ablative | Alavudelta | — | |
| allative | Alavudelle | — | |
| essive | Alavutena | — | |
| translative | Alavudeksi | — | |
| abessive | Alavudetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN