Onerva

Finnish

Etymology

19th century coinage from archaic Finnish onerva (aftermath of plants).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈonerʋɑ/, [ˈo̞ne̞rʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -onerʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): O‧ner‧va

Proper noun

Onerva

  1. a female given name
    • 1976, Anneli Toijala, Lentäkää linnut, Tammi, →ISBN, page 97:
      —Mistä sinä äidille keksit noin hullun nimen? kysyi Anniina.
      —Miten niin hullun?
      —Olisin laittanut Kanerva, muttei Akseli antanut. Yhtä heinää koko nimi, se sanoi, pistä Koiranputki kolmanneksi. Kaikki nauroivat, Onervakin. Joskus hän tunsi itsensä koiranputkeksi, kuivaksi, ontoksi ruohoksi, olisihan se voinut sopia.
      —Hullun Lintellin talossa Suakarulla asui semmonen ompelija, jolla oli Onerva-niminen tytär ja kun mää kävin sen Lintellin morkussa, siä kaupassa ihan kivijalassa, se Onerva seiso aina portinpiälessä semmottessa musliinimekossa, jossa oli omenankukkia ja ruusuja, ja äitensä huuteli aina klasista: Onervaa, tuu kahveelle! Siittä mää sen otin.
      —Olisit meille muillekin voinut jotain kunnollisempaa, sanoi Rauha.
      —How did you come up with a crazy name like that for mother? Anniina asked.
      —What do you mean crazy?
      —I would've chosen Kanerva, but Akseli didn't want that. He said the name was just grassy and joked that we should put Koiranputki as the third name. Everyone laughed, even Onerva. Sometimes she felt like cow parsley too, a dry, hollow grass, and that could've fit.
      —Down by Suakatu, at the house of that crazy Lintell, there was a seamstress who had a daughter named Onerva, and when I visited Lintell's shack, in the stone foundation of that house, Onerva was always standing by the gate in her muslin dress with apple flowers and roses, and her mother kept yelling: Onerva, come get coffee! That's where I got the name from.
      —You could've come up with something more proper for us too, Rauha said.
    • 1994, Jouko Räty, Vanhan neidin syntymäpäivä, SLEY-kirjat, →ISBN, page 54:
      Että nuori? Onerva tuntuu Aholasta pikemmin vanhan ihmisen nimeltä, eikä hän malttanut olla kysymättä tämän ikää. Hämmästyksekseen hän kuuli, että Pylvälä saattoi olla yhtä vanha kuin hänkin. Mielenkiintoista―ikäisistään Ahola ei muistanut yhtään Onervaa.
      Young you say? Ahola feels Onerva sounds more like the name of an older person and could not restrain from asking her age, amd amazingly, Pylvälä could have been equally old. Interesting―Ahola could not remember meeting a single Onerva of such age.

Declension

Inflection of Onerva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Onerva Onervat
genitive Onervan Onervien
partitive Onervaa Onervia
illative Onervaan Onerviin
singular plural
nominative Onerva Onervat
accusative nom. Onerva Onervat
gen. Onervan
genitive Onervan Onervien
Onervainrare
partitive Onervaa Onervia
inessive Onervassa Onervissa
elative Onervasta Onervista
illative Onervaan Onerviin
adessive Onervalla Onervilla
ablative Onervalta Onervilta
allative Onervalle Onerville
essive Onervana Onervina
translative Onervaksi Onerviksi
abessive Onervatta Onervitta
instructive Onervin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Onerva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Onervani Onervani
accusative nom. Onervani Onervani
gen. Onervani
genitive Onervani Onervieni
Onervainirare
partitive Onervaani Onerviani
inessive Onervassani Onervissani
elative Onervastani Onervistani
illative Onervaani Onerviini
adessive Onervallani Onervillani
ablative Onervaltani Onerviltani
allative Onervalleni Onervilleni
essive Onervanani Onervinani
translative Onervakseni Onervikseni
abessive Onervattani Onervittani
instructive
comitative Onervineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Onervasi Onervasi
accusative nom. Onervasi Onervasi
gen. Onervasi
genitive Onervasi Onerviesi
Onervaisirare
partitive Onervaasi Onerviasi
inessive Onervassasi Onervissasi
elative Onervastasi Onervistasi
illative Onervaasi Onerviisi
adessive Onervallasi Onervillasi
ablative Onervaltasi Onerviltasi
allative Onervallesi Onervillesi
essive Onervanasi Onervinasi
translative Onervaksesi Onerviksesi
abessive Onervattasi Onervittasi
instructive
comitative Onervinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Onervamme Onervamme
accusative nom. Onervamme Onervamme
gen. Onervamme
genitive Onervamme Onerviemme
Onervaimmerare
partitive Onervaamme Onerviamme
inessive Onervassamme Onervissamme
elative Onervastamme Onervistamme
illative Onervaamme Onerviimme
adessive Onervallamme Onervillamme
ablative Onervaltamme Onerviltamme
allative Onervallemme Onervillemme
essive Onervanamme Onervinamme
translative Onervaksemme Onerviksemme
abessive Onervattamme Onervittamme
instructive
comitative Onervinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Onervanne Onervanne
accusative nom. Onervanne Onervanne
gen. Onervanne
genitive Onervanne Onervienne
Onervainnerare
partitive Onervaanne Onervianne
inessive Onervassanne Onervissanne
elative Onervastanne Onervistanne
illative Onervaanne Onerviinne
adessive Onervallanne Onervillanne
ablative Onervaltanne Onerviltanne
allative Onervallenne Onervillenne
essive Onervananne Onervinanne
translative Onervaksenne Onerviksenne
abessive Onervattanne Onervittanne
instructive
comitative Onervinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Onervansa Onervansa
accusative nom. Onervansa Onervansa
gen. Onervansa
genitive Onervansa Onerviensa
Onervainsarare
partitive Onervaansa Onerviaan
Onerviansa
inessive Onervassaan
Onervassansa
Onervissaan
Onervissansa
elative Onervastaan
Onervastansa
Onervistaan
Onervistansa
illative Onervaansa Onerviinsa
adessive Onervallaan
Onervallansa
Onervillaan
Onervillansa
ablative Onervaltaan
Onervaltansa
Onerviltaan
Onerviltansa
allative Onervalleen
Onervallensa
Onervilleen
Onervillensa
essive Onervanaan
Onervanansa
Onervinaan
Onervinansa
translative Onervakseen
Onervaksensa
Onervikseen
Onerviksensa
abessive Onervattaan
Onervattansa
Onervittaan
Onervittansa
instructive
comitative Onervineen
Onervinensa

Statistics

  • Onerva is the 516th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 634 female individuals (and as a middle name to 4,573 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 9 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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