Seinäjoki

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English

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Proper noun

Seinäjoki

  1. A city in southern Ostrobothnia, capital of a region.

Translations

Finnish

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Etymology

From the name of the river; seinä (wall) +‎ joki (river), thought to be because of the deep riverbed (at least at the site of the town), with "walls" on both sides on the river.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsei̯næˌjoki/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oki
  • Hyphenation(key): Seinä‧joki

Proper noun

Seinäjoki

  1. Seinäjoki (city)
  2. A river in Finland.

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Seinäjoki" is Seinäjoella.

Inflection of Seinäjoki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k- gradation)
nominative Seinäjoki
genitive Seinäjoen
partitive Seinäjokea
illative Seinäjokeen
singular plural
nominative Seinäjoki
accusative nom. Seinäjoki
gen. Seinäjoen
genitive Seinäjoen
partitive Seinäjokea
inessive Seinäjoessa
elative Seinäjoesta
illative Seinäjokeen
adessive Seinäjoella
ablative Seinäjoelta
allative Seinäjoelle
essive Seinäjokena
translative Seinäjoeksi
abessive Seinäjoetta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Seinäjoki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Seinäjokeni
accusative nom. Seinäjokeni
gen. Seinäjokeni
genitive Seinäjokeni
partitive Seinäjokeani
inessive Seinäjoessani
elative Seinäjoestani
illative Seinäjokeeni
adessive Seinäjoellani
ablative Seinäjoeltani
allative Seinäjoelleni
essive Seinäjokenani
translative Seinäjoekseni
abessive Seinäjoettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Seinäjokesi
accusative nom. Seinäjokesi
gen. Seinäjokesi
genitive Seinäjokesi
partitive Seinäjokeasi
inessive Seinäjoessasi
elative Seinäjoestasi
illative Seinäjokeesi
adessive Seinäjoellasi
ablative Seinäjoeltasi
allative Seinäjoellesi
essive Seinäjokenasi
translative Seinäjoeksesi
abessive Seinäjoettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Seinäjokemme
accusative nom. Seinäjokemme
gen. Seinäjokemme
genitive Seinäjokemme
partitive Seinäjokeamme
inessive Seinäjoessamme
elative Seinäjoestamme
illative Seinäjokeemme
adessive Seinäjoellamme
ablative Seinäjoeltamme
allative Seinäjoellemme
essive Seinäjokenamme
translative Seinäjoeksemme
abessive Seinäjoettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Seinäjokenne
accusative nom. Seinäjokenne
gen. Seinäjokenne
genitive Seinäjokenne
partitive Seinäjokeanne
inessive Seinäjoessanne
elative Seinäjoestanne
illative Seinäjokeenne
adessive Seinäjoellanne
ablative Seinäjoeltanne
allative Seinäjoellenne
essive Seinäjokenanne
translative Seinäjoeksenne
abessive Seinäjoettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Seinäjokensa
accusative nom. Seinäjokensa
gen. Seinäjokensa
genitive Seinäjokensa
partitive Seinäjokeaan
Seinäjokeansa
inessive Seinäjoessaan
Seinäjoessansa
elative Seinäjoestaan
Seinäjoestansa
illative Seinäjokeensa
adessive Seinäjoellaan
Seinäjoellansa
ablative Seinäjoeltaan
Seinäjoeltansa
allative Seinäjoelleen
Seinäjoellensa
essive Seinäjokenaan
Seinäjokenansa
translative Seinäjoekseen
Seinäjoeksensa
abessive Seinäjoettaan
Seinäjoettansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

Descendants

  • English: Seinäjoki
  • Swedish: Seinäjoki

References

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