Oulu

See also: Ōulù

English

Etymology

From Finnish Oulu.

Proper noun

Oulu

  1. A city in northern Finland.
  2. A town in Wisconsin, in the United States.
  3. A lake in northern Finland.

Synonyms

  • (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania (historical)

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”),[1] a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (“waterway”). Alternatively, the aforementioned Samic term might be borrowed from Finnish, which would rather derive from another Samic term, *võvl(V), in turn from earlier *votl- (compare to the name of the Vodla river in Russia), perhaps a Paleo-European substrate borrowing.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oulu
  • Syllabification(key): Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu

  1. Oulu (the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Declension

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

Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Oulu —
genitive Oulun —
partitive Oulua —
illative Ouluun —
singular plural
nominative Oulu —
accusative nom. Oulu —
gen. Oulun
genitive Oulun —
partitive Oulua —
inessive Oulussa —
elative Oulusta —
illative Ouluun —
adessive Oululla —
ablative Oululta —
allative Oululle —
essive Ouluna —
translative Ouluksi —
abessive Oulutta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ouluni —
accusative nom. Ouluni —
gen. Ouluni
genitive Ouluni —
partitive Ouluani —
inessive Oulussani —
elative Oulustani —
illative Ouluuni —
adessive Oulullani —
ablative Oulultani —
allative Oululleni —
essive Oulunani —
translative Oulukseni —
abessive Ouluttani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulusi —
accusative nom. Oulusi —
gen. Oulusi
genitive Oulusi —
partitive Ouluasi —
inessive Oulussasi —
elative Oulustasi —
illative Ouluusi —
adessive Oulullasi —
ablative Oulultasi —
allative Oulullesi —
essive Oulunasi —
translative Ouluksesi —
abessive Ouluttasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulumme —
accusative nom. Oulumme —
gen. Oulumme
genitive Oulumme —
partitive Ouluamme —
inessive Oulussamme —
elative Oulustamme —
illative Ouluumme —
adessive Oulullamme —
ablative Oulultamme —
allative Oulullemme —
essive Oulunamme —
translative Ouluksemme —
abessive Ouluttamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulunne —
accusative nom. Oulunne —
gen. Oulunne
genitive Oulunne —
partitive Ouluanne —
inessive Oulussanne —
elative Oulustanne —
illative Ouluunne —
adessive Oulullanne —
ablative Oulultanne —
allative Oulullenne —
essive Oulunanne —
translative Ouluksenne —
abessive Ouluttanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulunsa —
accusative nom. Oulunsa —
gen. Oulunsa
genitive Oulunsa —
partitive Ouluaan
Ouluansa
—
inessive Oulussaan
Oulussansa
—
elative Oulustaan
Oulustansa
—
illative Ouluunsa —
adessive Oulullaan
Oulullansa
—
ablative Oulultaan
Oulultansa
—
allative Oululleen
Oulullensa
—
essive Oulunaan
Oulunansa
—
translative Oulukseen
Ouluksensa
—
abessive Ouluttaan
Ouluttansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. Janne Saarikivi: Oulu-nimen etymologia / "Etymology of the name Oulu"
  2. Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomeen suuntautuneiden nimistövirtausten monimuotoisuus. Muinaistutkija 1/2021. p. 28–30

Polish

Oulu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Oulu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔw.lu/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwlu
  • Syllabification: Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu n (indeclinable)

  1. Oulu (the capital city and municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Further reading

  • Oulu in PWN's encyclopedia
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