Koivulahti
Finnish
Etymology
Adapted from Swedish Kvevlax (also written Koiffuolax (1440), Kåjwålax (1443), Quiffuelax (1543) in older sources), which in turn is from Finnish *Koivulaksi (thus koivu (“birch”) + lahti (“bay”)) or *Kuivalaksi (thus kuiva (“dry”) + lahti (“bay”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋuˌlɑhti/, [ˈko̞i̯ʋuˌlɑ̝xt̪i]
- Rhymes: -ɑhti
- Syllabification(key): Koi‧vu‧lah‧ti
Proper noun
Koivulahti
- A former municipality in Finland, merged with Mustasaari in 1973.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the place name
Declension
Inflection of Koivulahti (Kotus type 7*F/ovi, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet | ||
genitive | Koivulahden | Koivulahtien | ||
partitive | Koivulahtea | Koivulahtia | ||
illative | Koivulahteen | Koivulahtiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet | ||
accusative | nom. | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet | |
gen. | Koivulahden | |||
genitive | Koivulahden | Koivulahtien | ||
partitive | Koivulahtea | Koivulahtia | ||
inessive | Koivulahdessa | Koivulahdissa | ||
elative | Koivulahdesta | Koivulahdista | ||
illative | Koivulahteen | Koivulahtiin | ||
adessive | Koivulahdella | Koivulahdilla | ||
ablative | Koivulahdelta | Koivulahdilta | ||
allative | Koivulahdelle | Koivulahdille | ||
essive | Koivulahtena | Koivulahtina | ||
translative | Koivulahdeksi | Koivulahdiksi | ||
abessive | Koivulahdetta | Koivulahditta | ||
instructive | — | Koivulahdin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
- Koivulahti is the 2924th (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 269 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
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