Koivulahti

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Etymology

Adapted from Swedish Kvevlax (also written Koiffuolax (1440), Kåjwålax (1443), Quiffuelax (1543) in older sources), which in turn is from Finnish *Koivulaksi (thus koivu (birch) +‎ lahti (bay)) or *Kuivalaksi (thus kuiva (dry) +‎ lahti (bay)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋuˌlɑhti/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑhti
  • Hyphenation(key): Koivu‧lahti

Proper noun

Koivulahti

  1. A former municipality in Finland, merged with Mustasaari in 1973.
  2. a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Inflection of Koivulahti (Kotus type 7*F/ovi, t-d gradation)
nominative Koivulahti Koivulahdet
genitive Koivulahden Koivulahtien
partitive Koivulahtea Koivulahtia
illative Koivulahteen Koivulahtiin
singular plural
nominative Koivulahti Koivulahdet
accusative nom. Koivulahti Koivulahdet
gen. Koivulahden
genitive Koivulahden Koivulahtien
partitive Koivulahtea Koivulahtia
inessive Koivulahdessa Koivulahdissa
elative Koivulahdesta Koivulahdista
illative Koivulahteen Koivulahtiin
adessive Koivulahdella Koivulahdilla
ablative Koivulahdelta Koivulahdilta
allative Koivulahdelle Koivulahdille
essive Koivulahtena Koivulahtina
translative Koivulahdeksi Koivulahdiksi
abessive Koivulahdetta Koivulahditta
instructive Koivulahdin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Koivulahti (Kotus type 7*F/ovi, t-d gradation)

Statistics

  • Koivulahti is the 2924th (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 269 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN