Suonenjoki

Finnish

Etymology

Originally for the river, from suonen- +‎ joki. The initial component has been folk-etymologically reinterpreted as suoni, but is rather from an earlier *Suonteenjoki, which may be a derivation from suoni (*suonne : *suontee-).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯nenˌjoki/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯ne̞nˌjo̞k̟i]
  • Rhymes: -oki
  • Syllabification(key): Suo‧nen‧jo‧ki

Proper noun

Suonenjoki

  1. A town and municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland.

Declension

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

Inflection of Suonenjoki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k-∅ gradation)
nominative Suonenjoki —
genitive Suonenjoen —
partitive Suonenjokea —
illative Suonenjokeen —
singular plural
nominative Suonenjoki —
accusative nom. Suonenjoki —
gen. Suonenjoen
genitive Suonenjoen —
partitive Suonenjokea —
inessive Suonenjoessa —
elative Suonenjoesta —
illative Suonenjokeen —
adessive Suonenjoella —
ablative Suonenjoelta —
allative Suonenjoelle —
essive Suonenjokena —
translative Suonenjoeksi —
abessive Suonenjoetta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Suonenjoki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k-∅ gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Suonenjokeni —
accusative nom. Suonenjokeni —
gen. Suonenjokeni
genitive Suonenjokeni —
partitive Suonenjokeani —
inessive Suonenjoessani —
elative Suonenjoestani —
illative Suonenjokeeni —
adessive Suonenjoellani —
ablative Suonenjoeltani —
allative Suonenjoelleni —
essive Suonenjokenani —
translative Suonenjoekseni —
abessive Suonenjoettani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Suonenjokesi —
accusative nom. Suonenjokesi —
gen. Suonenjokesi
genitive Suonenjokesi —
partitive Suonenjokeasi —
inessive Suonenjoessasi —
elative Suonenjoestasi —
illative Suonenjokeesi —
adessive Suonenjoellasi —
ablative Suonenjoeltasi —
allative Suonenjoellesi —
essive Suonenjokenasi —
translative Suonenjoeksesi —
abessive Suonenjoettasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Suonenjokemme —
accusative nom. Suonenjokemme —
gen. Suonenjokemme
genitive Suonenjokemme —
partitive Suonenjokeamme —
inessive Suonenjoessamme —
elative Suonenjoestamme —
illative Suonenjokeemme —
adessive Suonenjoellamme —
ablative Suonenjoeltamme —
allative Suonenjoellemme —
essive Suonenjokenamme —
translative Suonenjoeksemme —
abessive Suonenjoettamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Suonenjokenne —
accusative nom. Suonenjokenne —
gen. Suonenjokenne
genitive Suonenjokenne —
partitive Suonenjokeanne —
inessive Suonenjoessanne —
elative Suonenjoestanne —
illative Suonenjokeenne —
adessive Suonenjoellanne —
ablative Suonenjoeltanne —
allative Suonenjoellenne —
essive Suonenjokenanne —
translative Suonenjoeksenne —
abessive Suonenjoettanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Suonenjokensa —
accusative nom. Suonenjokensa —
gen. Suonenjokensa
genitive Suonenjokensa —
partitive Suonenjokeaan
Suonenjokeansa
—
inessive Suonenjoessaan
Suonenjoessansa
—
elative Suonenjoestaan
Suonenjoestansa
—
illative Suonenjokeensa —
adessive Suonenjoellaan
Suonenjoellansa
—
ablative Suonenjoeltaan
Suonenjoeltansa
—
allative Suonenjoelleen
Suonenjoellensa
—
essive Suonenjokenaan
Suonenjokenansa
—
translative Suonenjoekseen
Suonenjoeksensa
—
abessive Suonenjoettaan
Suonenjoettansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Suonenjoki
  • → Swedish: Suonenjoki

References

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