Kajaani

English

Proper noun

Kajaani

  1. A town and municipality of Kainuu, Finland

Synonyms

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From the initial part of Swedish Kajaneborg, which is of the same origin as in Swedish Kajanaland (Kainuu), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij), каянский (kajanskij) (compare Russian Каянская земля (Kajanskaja zemlja, Kvenland?)), which is in some way related to Kainuu and Old Norse kvenir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑːni/, [ˈkɑ̝jɑ̝ːni]
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑːni
  • Syllabification(key): Ka‧jaa‧ni

Proper noun

Kajaani

  1. Kajaani (a town and municipality of Finland)
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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

Inflection of Kajaani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kajaani
genitive Kajaanin
partitive Kajaania
illative Kajaaniin
singular plural
nominative Kajaani
accusative nom. Kajaani
gen. Kajaanin
genitive Kajaanin
partitive Kajaania
inessive Kajaanissa
elative Kajaanista
illative Kajaaniin
adessive Kajaanilla
ablative Kajaanilta
allative Kajaanille
essive Kajaanina
translative Kajaaniksi
abessive Kajaanitta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kajaani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kajaanini
accusative nom. Kajaanini
gen. Kajaanini
genitive Kajaanini
partitive Kajaaniani
inessive Kajaanissani
elative Kajaanistani
illative Kajaaniini
adessive Kajaanillani
ablative Kajaaniltani
allative Kajaanilleni
essive Kajaaninani
translative Kajaanikseni
abessive Kajaanittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kajaanisi
accusative nom. Kajaanisi
gen. Kajaanisi
genitive Kajaanisi
partitive Kajaaniasi
inessive Kajaanissasi
elative Kajaanistasi
illative Kajaaniisi
adessive Kajaanillasi
ablative Kajaaniltasi
allative Kajaanillesi
essive Kajaaninasi
translative Kajaaniksesi
abessive Kajaanittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kajaanimme
accusative nom. Kajaanimme
gen. Kajaanimme
genitive Kajaanimme
partitive Kajaaniamme
inessive Kajaanissamme
elative Kajaanistamme
illative Kajaaniimme
adessive Kajaanillamme
ablative Kajaaniltamme
allative Kajaanillemme
essive Kajaaninamme
translative Kajaaniksemme
abessive Kajaanittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kajaaninne
accusative nom. Kajaaninne
gen. Kajaaninne
genitive Kajaaninne
partitive Kajaanianne
inessive Kajaanissanne
elative Kajaanistanne
illative Kajaaniinne
adessive Kajaanillanne
ablative Kajaaniltanne
allative Kajaanillenne
essive Kajaaninanne
translative Kajaaniksenne
abessive Kajaanittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Kajaaninsa
accusative nom. Kajaaninsa
gen. Kajaaninsa
genitive Kajaaninsa
partitive Kajaaniaan
Kajaaniansa
inessive Kajaanissaan
Kajaanissansa
elative Kajaanistaan
Kajaanistansa
illative Kajaaniinsa
adessive Kajaanillaan
Kajaanillansa
ablative Kajaaniltaan
Kajaaniltansa
allative Kajaanilleen
Kajaanillensa
essive Kajaaninaan
Kajaaninansa
translative Kajaanikseen
Kajaaniksensa
abessive Kajaanittaan
Kajaanittansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Statistics

  • The surname Kajaani belongs to 22 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

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