Etymology
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Originally Elimä; mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Ultimately from Sami (compare Northern Sami alimus (“uppermost”)), originally as the name of a lake (the "uppermost lake").[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈeliˌmæki/, [ˈe̞liˌmæk̟i]
- Rhymes: -æki
- Syllabification(key): E‧li‧mä‧ki
Proper noun
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Elimäki
- A former municipality in Kymenlaakso, Finland; now part of Kouvola.
- A village in the municipality of Kouvola.
Declension
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Derived terms
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN