Laukaa

From the strong grade form (oblique stem) of lauas (“stream pool”). In the case of the town in Central Finland, the term refers to the body of water (Koivulahti) between the lakes Saraavesi and Kuusvesi, which was an important route for boats. While the name of the town and river in Russia derive from the same word, there is no direct connection between the two.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯kɑː/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯kɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑukɑː
• Syllabification^(key): Lau‧kaa

Laukaa

1. A municipality of Central Finland.
2. Luga (a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia)
3. Synonym of Laukaanjoki (“River Luga”)

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Laukaa" is Laukaassa.

• (Luga): Ylä-Laukaa, Luga

• → English: Laukaa
• → Swedish: Laukas

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

• kaluaa, kaulaa

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯kɑː/, [ˈɫɑu̯kɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯kɑː/, [ˈɫɑu̯kɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯kɑː
• Hyphenation: Lau‧kaa

Laukaa

1. Alternative form of Lavvas
2. Short for Ala-Laukaa (“Lower Luga dialect”).
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 35:

     Laukaal ono yks painutossiha, kumpaa Soikkolaas ei oo.

     The Lower Luga dialect has one grammatical case, which doesn't exist in the Soikkola dialect.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28