Maaninka
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Finnish
Etymology
maani- + -nka, possibly from Sami, compare Skolt Sami maanjik (“large whitefish”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maaninka
- A former municipality in North Savo, Finland; now part of Kuopio.
- A village in the municipality of Kuopio.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Maaninka (Kotus type 9*G/kala, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maaninka | Maaningat | |
| genitive | Maaningan | Maaninkojen | |
| partitive | Maaninkaa | Maaninkoja | |
| illative | Maaninkaan | Maaninkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Maaninka | Maaningat | |
| accusative | nom. | Maaninka | Maaningat |
| gen. | Maaningan | ||
| genitive | Maaningan | Maaninkojen Maaninkain rare | |
| partitive | Maaninkaa | Maaninkoja | |
| inessive | Maaningassa | Maaningoissa | |
| elative | Maaningasta | Maaningoista | |
| illative | Maaninkaan | Maaninkoihin | |
| adessive | Maaningalla | Maaningoilla | |
| ablative | Maaningalta | Maaningoilta | |
| allative | Maaningalle | Maaningoille | |
| essive | Maaninkana | Maaninkoina | |
| translative | Maaningaksi | Maaningoiksi | |
| abessive | Maaningatta | Maaningoitta | |
| instructive | — | Maaningoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Maaninka" is Maaningalla.
Statistics
- Maaninka is the 2693rd (tied with 9 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 295 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN