Karjala
See also: karjala
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
karja + -la. In the sense "Karelia", most likely in the older (and now obsolete) "army" sense of karja (as borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz), although it could also have the modern meaning "livestock, cattle", if it originally meant "an area that could support large amounts of livestock". The municipality in southwestern Finland may be named after Karjakoski (karja + koski), a village near Mynämäki.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Karjala
- Karelia (region shared between Russia and Finland)
- A former municipality of Varsinais-Suomi, in southwestern Finland.
- a Finnish surname
Usage notes edit
- The Russian Republic of Karelia is referred to as Karjalan tasavalta in Finnish.
Declension edit
| Inflection of Karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Karjala | Karjalat | ||
| genitive | Karjalan | Karjaloiden Karjaloitten | ||
| partitive | Karjalaa | Karjaloita | ||
| illative | Karjalaan | Karjaloihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Karjala | Karjalat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Karjala | Karjalat | |
| gen. | Karjalan | |||
| genitive | Karjalan | Karjaloiden Karjaloitten Karjalainrare | ||
| partitive | Karjalaa | Karjaloita | ||
| inessive | Karjalassa | Karjaloissa | ||
| elative | Karjalasta | Karjaloista | ||
| illative | Karjalaan | Karjaloihin | ||
| adessive | Karjalalla | Karjaloilla | ||
| ablative | Karjalalta | Karjaloilta | ||
| allative | Karjalalle | Karjaloille | ||
| essive | Karjalana | Karjaloina | ||
| translative | Karjalaksi | Karjaloiksi | ||
| abessive | Karjalatta | Karjaloitta | ||
| instructive | — | Karjaloin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Karjala is the 2558th (tied with 6 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 314 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Disambiguation page on
Karjala on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From karjala (“Karelian”). Akin to Finnish Karjala and Estonian Karjala.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑrjəɫ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑrjɑɫɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑrjɑl, -ɑrjɑlɑ
- Hyphenation: Kar‧ja‧la
Proper noun edit
Karjala
- Karelia (a region of Russia and Finland)
- 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Mapu Uudestakylestä, “1286. Soikkola, Oussimäki, III151”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[1], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
- Kasvoi kaksi poikoi lasta, // Yksi kasvoi Karjalassa;
- There grew two little boys, // One grew in Karelia;
Declension edit
| Declension of Karjala (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Karjala | Karjalat |
| genitive | Karjalan | Karjaloin |
| partitive | Karjalaa | Karjaloja |
| illative | Karjalaa | Karjaloihe |
| inessive | Karjalaas | Karjalois |
| elative | Karjalast | Karjaloist |
| allative | Karjalalle | Karjaloille |
| adessive | Karjalaal | Karjaloil |
| ablative | Karjalalt | Karjaloilt |
| translative | Karjalaks | Karjaloiks |
| essive | Karjalanna, Karjalaan | Karjaloinna, Karjaloin |
| exessive1) | Karjalant | Karjaloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||