Saimaa

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. The original nominative was Saimas as part of Saimas wesi, Saimas selkä (1646). Possibly connected with the Sami endonym *sāmē.[1] Alternatively from an unknown substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯mɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝i̯mɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑimɑː
  • Syllabification(key): Sai‧maa

Proper noun

Saimaa

  1. The largest lake of Finland, and fourth in Europe.

Declension

Inflection of Saimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative Saimaa
genitive Saimaan
partitive Saimaata
illative Saimaaseen
singular plural
nominative Saimaa
accusative nom. Saimaa
gen. Saimaan
genitive Saimaan
partitive Saimaata
inessive Saimaassa
elative Saimaasta
illative Saimaaseen
adessive Saimaalla
ablative Saimaalta
allative Saimaalle
essive Saimaana
translative Saimaaksi
abessive Saimaatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Saimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saimaani
accusative nom. Saimaani
gen. Saimaani
genitive Saimaani
partitive Saimaatani
inessive Saimaassani
elative Saimaastani
illative Saimaaseeni
adessive Saimaallani
ablative Saimaaltani
allative Saimaalleni
essive Saimaanani
translative Saimaakseni
abessive Saimaattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saimaasi
accusative nom. Saimaasi
gen. Saimaasi
genitive Saimaasi
partitive Saimaatasi
inessive Saimaassasi
elative Saimaastasi
illative Saimaaseesi
adessive Saimaallasi
ablative Saimaaltasi
allative Saimaallesi
essive Saimaanasi
translative Saimaaksesi
abessive Saimaattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saimaamme
accusative nom. Saimaamme
gen. Saimaamme
genitive Saimaamme
partitive Saimaatamme
inessive Saimaassamme
elative Saimaastamme
illative Saimaaseemme
adessive Saimaallamme
ablative Saimaaltamme
allative Saimaallemme
essive Saimaanamme
translative Saimaaksemme
abessive Saimaattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saimaanne
accusative nom. Saimaanne
gen. Saimaanne
genitive Saimaanne
partitive Saimaatanne
inessive Saimaassanne
elative Saimaastanne
illative Saimaaseenne
adessive Saimaallanne
ablative Saimaaltanne
allative Saimaallenne
essive Saimaananne
translative Saimaaksenne
abessive Saimaattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Saimaansa
accusative nom. Saimaansa
gen. Saimaansa
genitive Saimaansa
partitive Saimaataan
Saimaatansa
inessive Saimaassaan
Saimaassansa
elative Saimaastaan
Saimaastansa
illative Saimaaseensa
adessive Saimaallaan
Saimaallansa
ablative Saimaaltaan
Saimaaltansa
allative Saimaalleen
Saimaallensa
essive Saimaanaan
Saimaanansa
translative Saimaakseen
Saimaaksensa
abessive Saimaattaan
Saimaattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

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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