Houtskari
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Finnish
Etymology
Originally the name for an island. From the Swedish name Houtskär, itself from hout- + skär as a partial calque of an older Finnish name, either *Hautasaari or *Hautasalo, from hauta (“trench, pit, grave”) + saari/salo (“island”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Houtskari
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Parainen.
- A village in the municipality of Parainen.
Declension
| Inflection of Houtskari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Houtskari | — | |
| genitive | Houtskarin | — | |
| partitive | Houtskaria | — | |
| illative | Houtskariin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Houtskari | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Houtskari | — |
| gen. | Houtskarin | ||
| genitive | Houtskarin | — | |
| partitive | Houtskaria | — | |
| inessive | Houtskarissa | — | |
| elative | Houtskarista | — | |
| illative | Houtskariin | — | |
| adessive | Houtskarilla | — | |
| ablative | Houtskarilta | — | |
| allative | Houtskarille | — | |
| essive | Houtskarina | — | |
| translative | Houtskariksi | — | |
| abessive | Houtskaritta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Houtskari" is Houtskarissa.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN