Tammisaari

Finnish

Etymology

tammi (“oak”) +‎ saari (“island”), apparently coined in the newspaper Suometar as a modified translation of Swedish Ekenäs (eke (“oak woods”) +‎ näs (“isthmus”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑmːiˌsɑːri/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mːiˌs̠ɑ̝ːri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːri
  • Syllabification(key): Tam‧mi‧saa‧ri

Proper noun

Tammisaari

  1. A former town and municipality in Uusimaa, Finland; now part of Raasepori.
  2. A township in and the administrative center of the municipality of Raasepori.

Declension

Inflection of Tammisaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative Tammisaari —
genitive Tammisaaren —
partitive Tammisaarta —
illative Tammisaareen —
singular plural
nominative Tammisaari —
accusative nom. Tammisaari —
gen. Tammisaaren
genitive Tammisaaren —
partitive Tammisaarta —
inessive Tammisaaressa —
elative Tammisaaresta —
illative Tammisaareen —
adessive Tammisaarella —
ablative Tammisaarelta —
allative Tammisaarelle —
essive Tammisaarena —
translative Tammisaareksi —
abessive Tammisaaretta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Tammisaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Tammisaareni —
accusative nom. Tammisaareni —
gen. Tammisaareni
genitive Tammisaareni —
partitive Tammisaartani —
inessive Tammisaaressani —
elative Tammisaarestani —
illative Tammisaareeni —
adessive Tammisaarellani —
ablative Tammisaareltani —
allative Tammisaarelleni —
essive Tammisaarenani —
translative Tammisaarekseni —
abessive Tammisaarettani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Tammisaaresi —
accusative nom. Tammisaaresi —
gen. Tammisaaresi
genitive Tammisaaresi —
partitive Tammisaartasi —
inessive Tammisaaressasi —
elative Tammisaarestasi —
illative Tammisaareesi —
adessive Tammisaarellasi —
ablative Tammisaareltasi —
allative Tammisaarellesi —
essive Tammisaarenasi —
translative Tammisaareksesi —
abessive Tammisaarettasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Tammisaaremme —
accusative nom. Tammisaaremme —
gen. Tammisaaremme
genitive Tammisaaremme —
partitive Tammisaartamme —
inessive Tammisaaressamme —
elative Tammisaarestamme —
illative Tammisaareemme —
adessive Tammisaarellamme —
ablative Tammisaareltamme —
allative Tammisaarellemme —
essive Tammisaarenamme —
translative Tammisaareksemme —
abessive Tammisaarettamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Tammisaarenne —
accusative nom. Tammisaarenne —
gen. Tammisaarenne
genitive Tammisaarenne —
partitive Tammisaartanne —
inessive Tammisaaressanne —
elative Tammisaarestanne —
illative Tammisaareenne —
adessive Tammisaarellanne —
ablative Tammisaareltanne —
allative Tammisaarellenne —
essive Tammisaarenanne —
translative Tammisaareksenne —
abessive Tammisaarettanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Tammisaarensa —
accusative nom. Tammisaarensa —
gen. Tammisaarensa
genitive Tammisaarensa —
partitive Tammisaartaan
Tammisaartansa
—
inessive Tammisaaressaan
Tammisaaressansa
—
elative Tammisaarestaan
Tammisaarestansa
—
illative Tammisaareensa —
adessive Tammisaarellaan
Tammisaarellansa
—
ablative Tammisaareltaan
Tammisaareltansa
—
allative Tammisaarelleen
Tammisaarellensa
—
essive Tammisaarenaan
Tammisaarenansa
—
translative Tammisaarekseen
Tammisaareksensa
—
abessive Tammisaarettaan
Tammisaarettansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

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

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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