Kannus
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See also: kannus
Finnish
Etymology
From kannus. As a place name, kannus has often been used to refer a smaller island next to another island or a peninsula.[1] As a surname, probably originally a byname/nickname, or from place names.[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kannus
- A town and municipality of Central Ostrobothnia, Finland.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kannus" is Kannuksessa.
| Inflection of Kannus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kannus | Kannukset | |
| genitive | Kannuksen | Kannusten Kannuksien | |
| partitive | Kannusta | Kannuksia | |
| illative | Kannukseen | Kannuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kannus | Kannukset | |
| accusative | nom. | Kannus | Kannukset |
| gen. | Kannuksen | ||
| genitive | Kannuksen | Kannusten Kannuksien | |
| partitive | Kannusta | Kannuksia | |
| inessive | Kannuksessa | Kannuksissa | |
| elative | Kannuksesta | Kannuksista | |
| illative | Kannukseen | Kannuksiin | |
| adessive | Kannuksella | Kannuksilla | |
| ablative | Kannukselta | Kannuksilta | |
| allative | Kannukselle | Kannuksille | |
| essive | Kannuksena | Kannuksina | |
| translative | Kannukseksi | Kannuksiksi | |
| abessive | Kannuksetta | Kannuksitta | |
| instructive | — | Kannuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
Statistics
- The surname Kannus belongs to 54 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN