Jaala

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly by elision from earlier *Jaanula, *Jaanila, potentially from a vernacular form of Johannes +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːlɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝ːlɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑːlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Jaa‧la

Proper noun

Jaala

1. A former municipality in Kymenlaakso, Finland; now part of Kouvola.
2. A village in the municipality of Kouvola.
3. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Jaala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Jaala	—
genitive		Jaalan	—
partitive		Jaalaa	—
illative		Jaalaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Jaala	—
accusative	nom.	Jaala	—
	gen.	Jaalan
genitive		Jaalan	—
partitive		Jaalaa	—
inessive		Jaalassa	—
elative		Jaalasta	—
illative		Jaalaan	—
adessive		Jaalalla	—
ablative		Jaalalta	—
allative		Jaalalle	—
essive		Jaalana	—
translative		Jaalaksi	—
abessive		Jaalatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Jaala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Jaalani — accusative nom. Jaalani — gen. Jaalani genitive Jaalani — partitive Jaalaani — inessive Jaalassani — elative Jaalastani — illative Jaalaani — adessive Jaalallani — ablative Jaalaltani — allative Jaalalleni — essive Jaalanani — translative Jaalakseni — abessive Jaalattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Jaalasi — accusative nom. Jaalasi — gen. Jaalasi genitive Jaalasi — partitive Jaalaasi — inessive Jaalassasi — elative Jaalastasi — illative Jaalaasi — adessive Jaalallasi — ablative Jaalaltasi — allative Jaalallesi — essive Jaalanasi — translative Jaalaksesi — abessive Jaalattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Jaalamme — accusative nom. Jaalamme — gen. Jaalamme genitive Jaalamme — partitive Jaalaamme — inessive Jaalassamme — elative Jaalastamme — illative Jaalaamme — adessive Jaalallamme — ablative Jaalaltamme — allative Jaalallemme — essive Jaalanamme — translative Jaalaksemme — abessive Jaalattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Jaalanne — accusative nom. Jaalanne — gen. Jaalanne genitive Jaalanne — partitive Jaalaanne — inessive Jaalassanne — elative Jaalastanne — illative Jaalaanne — adessive Jaalallanne — ablative Jaalaltanne — allative Jaalallenne — essive Jaalananne — translative Jaalaksenne — abessive Jaalattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Jaalansa — accusative nom. Jaalansa — gen. Jaalansa genitive Jaalansa — partitive Jaalaansa — inessive Jaalassaan Jaalassansa — elative Jaalastaan Jaalastansa — illative Jaalaansa — adessive Jaalallaan Jaalallansa — ablative Jaalaltaan Jaalaltansa — allative Jaalalleen Jaalallensa — essive Jaalanaan Jaalanansa — translative Jaalakseen Jaalaksensa — abessive Jaalattaan Jaalattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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

Statistics

• The surname Jaala belongs to 94 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.