Etymology
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korte + järvi, originally perhaps *Kortehjärvi but with later analogical reshaping following the example of words ending in -s.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkortesˌjærʋi/, [ˈko̞rt̪e̞s̠ˌjærʋi]
- Rhymes: -ærʋi
- Syllabification(key): Kor‧tes‧jär‧vi
Proper noun
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Kortesjärvi
- A former municipality in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Kauhava.
- A village in the municipality of Kauhava.
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kortesjärvi" is Kortesjärvellä.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN