Leppävaara

Finnish

Etymology

leppä + vaara, calque of Swedish Alberga. It is said that the Finnish name was coined by Finnish actress, director and author Elli Tompuri, who was from Vehkalahti in southeastern Finland (Karelia), where the word vaara is used of the hills characteristic of the area.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlepːæˌʋɑːrɑ/, [ˈle̞pːæˌʋɑ̝ːrɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Lep‧pä‧vaa‧ra

Proper noun

Leppävaara

  1. A district of Espoo

Declension

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

Inflection of Leppävaara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Leppävaara
genitive Leppävaaran
partitive Leppävaaraa
illative Leppävaaraan
singular plural
nominative Leppävaara
accusative nom. Leppävaara
gen. Leppävaaran
genitive Leppävaaran
partitive Leppävaaraa
inessive Leppävaarassa
elative Leppävaarasta
illative Leppävaaraan
adessive Leppävaaralla
ablative Leppävaaralta
allative Leppävaaralle
essive Leppävaarana
translative Leppävaaraksi
abessive Leppävaaratta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Leppävaara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Leppävaarani
accusative nom. Leppävaarani
gen. Leppävaarani
genitive Leppävaarani
partitive Leppävaaraani
inessive Leppävaarassani
elative Leppävaarastani
illative Leppävaaraani
adessive Leppävaarallani
ablative Leppävaaraltani
allative Leppävaaralleni
essive Leppävaaranani
translative Leppävaarakseni
abessive Leppävaarattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Leppävaarasi
accusative nom. Leppävaarasi
gen. Leppävaarasi
genitive Leppävaarasi
partitive Leppävaaraasi
inessive Leppävaarassasi
elative Leppävaarastasi
illative Leppävaaraasi
adessive Leppävaarallasi
ablative Leppävaaraltasi
allative Leppävaarallesi
essive Leppävaaranasi
translative Leppävaaraksesi
abessive Leppävaarattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Leppävaaramme
accusative nom. Leppävaaramme
gen. Leppävaaramme
genitive Leppävaaramme
partitive Leppävaaraamme
inessive Leppävaarassamme
elative Leppävaarastamme
illative Leppävaaraamme
adessive Leppävaarallamme
ablative Leppävaaraltamme
allative Leppävaarallemme
essive Leppävaaranamme
translative Leppävaaraksemme
abessive Leppävaarattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Leppävaaranne
accusative nom. Leppävaaranne
gen. Leppävaaranne
genitive Leppävaaranne
partitive Leppävaaraanne
inessive Leppävaarassanne
elative Leppävaarastanne
illative Leppävaaraanne
adessive Leppävaarallanne
ablative Leppävaaraltanne
allative Leppävaarallenne
essive Leppävaarananne
translative Leppävaaraksenne
abessive Leppävaarattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Leppävaaransa
accusative nom. Leppävaaransa
gen. Leppävaaransa
genitive Leppävaaransa
partitive Leppävaaraansa
inessive Leppävaarassaan
Leppävaarassansa
elative Leppävaarastaan
Leppävaarastansa
illative Leppävaaraansa
adessive Leppävaarallaan
Leppävaarallansa
ablative Leppävaaraltaan
Leppävaaraltansa
allative Leppävaaralleen
Leppävaarallensa
essive Leppävaaranaan
Leppävaaranansa
translative Leppävaarakseen
Leppävaaraksensa
abessive Leppävaarattaan
Leppävaarattansa
instructive
comitative

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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