Salla

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Proper noun

Salla

  1. A municipality of Lapland, Finland

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Northern Sami Salla. As a given name also inspired by Salli and Saara.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Salla

  1. (uncountable) Salla (municipality)
    Synonym: (before 1936) Kuolajärvi
  2. a female given name transferred from the place name
    • 2007, Esa Sariola: Valtakirja, →ISBN, page 7:
      Inkeri. Mitä varten niin pienellä tytöllä oli sellainen nimi? Minä tiesin, koska olin kysynyt. Nimi tuli Sallan isoäidiltä, eikä sillä hänen tietääkseen ollut mitään erityisempää merkitystä. Se oli vain kaunis nimi, jonka hän halusi säilyttää suvussa. Niinhän ne nimet kiertävät. Mutta kyllä sillä merkitys oli. Hänellä oli nimittäin myös isosetä, nimeltään Aunus, ja isotäti Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena ja Salla, rajantakaista Karjalaa kaikki paitsi Salla, mutta sieltäkin oli Neuvostoliitto sodassa riistänyt ison palan. Historia eli pienessä tytössä, jonka hänen äitinsä oli omien isovanhempiensa esimerkin mukaan nimennyt kenties ajattelematta, että aikanaan nimi oli julistanut Suur-Suomea ja heimoaatetta, luultavasti heimosotiakin.
      Inkeri. What for did such a young girl have a name like that? I knew, since I had asked that question. The name came from Salla's grandmother, and as far as she knew, it didn't have any special meaning. It was just a beautiful name that she wanted to keep going in the family. That's how names tend to go, after all. But it did have a meaning. She also had a great uncle named Aunus, and a great aunt named Viena. Aunus, Inkeri, Viena and Salla, all in the ceded Karelia except for Salla, which too had had a large piece taken off it by the Soviets after the war. That little girl had a piece of history living in her, that her mother had named after her grandparents' example perhaps without thinking about how the name had once stood for Greater Finland and heimoaate, perhaps even for the Heimosodat.
  3. a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

Declension

  • (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Salla" is Sallassa.
Inflection of Salla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Salla Sallat
genitive Sallan Sallojen
partitive Sallaa Salloja
illative Sallaan Salloihin
singular plural
nominative Salla Sallat
accusative nom. Salla Sallat
gen. Sallan
genitive Sallan Sallojen
Sallain rare
partitive Sallaa Salloja
inessive Sallassa Salloissa
elative Sallasta Salloista
illative Sallaan Salloihin
adessive Sallalla Salloilla
ablative Sallalta Salloilta
allative Sallalle Salloille
essive Sallana Salloina
translative Sallaksi Salloiksi
abessive Sallatta Salloitta
instructive Salloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Salla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sallani Sallani
accusative nom. Sallani Sallani
gen. Sallani
genitive Sallani Sallojeni
Sallaini rare
partitive Sallaani Sallojani
inessive Sallassani Salloissani
elative Sallastani Salloistani
illative Sallaani Salloihini
adessive Sallallani Salloillani
ablative Sallaltani Salloiltani
allative Sallalleni Salloilleni
essive Sallanani Salloinani
translative Sallakseni Salloikseni
abessive Sallattani Salloittani
instructive
comitative Salloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sallasi Sallasi
accusative nom. Sallasi Sallasi
gen. Sallasi
genitive Sallasi Sallojesi
Sallaisi rare
partitive Sallaasi Sallojasi
inessive Sallassasi Salloissasi
elative Sallastasi Salloistasi
illative Sallaasi Salloihisi
adessive Sallallasi Salloillasi
ablative Sallaltasi Salloiltasi
allative Sallallesi Salloillesi
essive Sallanasi Salloinasi
translative Sallaksesi Salloiksesi
abessive Sallattasi Salloittasi
instructive
comitative Salloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sallamme Sallamme
accusative nom. Sallamme Sallamme
gen. Sallamme
genitive Sallamme Sallojemme
Sallaimme rare
partitive Sallaamme Sallojamme
inessive Sallassamme Salloissamme
elative Sallastamme Salloistamme
illative Sallaamme Salloihimme
adessive Sallallamme Salloillamme
ablative Sallaltamme Salloiltamme
allative Sallallemme Salloillemme
essive Sallanamme Salloinamme
translative Sallaksemme Salloiksemme
abessive Sallattamme Salloittamme
instructive
comitative Salloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sallanne Sallanne
accusative nom. Sallanne Sallanne
gen. Sallanne
genitive Sallanne Sallojenne
Sallainne rare
partitive Sallaanne Sallojanne
inessive Sallassanne Salloissanne
elative Sallastanne Salloistanne
illative Sallaanne Salloihinne
adessive Sallallanne Salloillanne
ablative Sallaltanne Salloiltanne
allative Sallallenne Salloillenne
essive Sallananne Salloinanne
translative Sallaksenne Salloiksenne
abessive Sallattanne Salloittanne
instructive
comitative Salloinenne

Derived terms

Statistics

  • Salla is the 133rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,443 female individuals (and as a middle name to 504 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Salla belongs to 221 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

  • other female names from places in Lapland: Saana, Inari

Further reading

Anagrams

Northern Sami

Etymology

Unknown. Has been compared to Lule Sami sálla (crack, crevasse), but the similarity may be a coincidence.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsalːla/

Proper noun

Salˈla

  1. Salla (a municipality of Finland)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative Salˈla
Genitive Salla
Singular Plural
Nominative Salˈla
Accusative Salla
Genitive Salla
Illative Salˈlii
Locative Sallas
Comitative Sallain
Essive Salˈlan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Salˈlan Salˈlame Salˈlamet
2nd person Salˈlat Salˈlade Salˈladet
3rd person Salˈlas Salˈlaska Salˈlaset

Descendants

  • Finnish: Salla

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland