Oulu
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Oulu
Translations
city in Finland
Finnish
Etymology
Unclear, believed to be connected with the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”) [1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈou̯lu/
- Hyphenation: Ou‧lu
Proper noun
Oulu
- Oulu (city in northern Finland, capital of North Ostrobothnia region)
Declension
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Oulutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Janne Saarikivi: Oulu-nimen etymologia / "Etymology of the name Oulu"
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