Levo
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From levo, a dialectal variant of lepo, through place names ("place for resting").[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Levo
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Levo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Levo | Levot | ||
genitive | Levon | Levojen | ||
partitive | Levoa | Levoja | ||
illative | Levoon | Levoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Levo | Levot | ||
accusative | nom. | Levo | Levot | |
gen. | Levon | |||
genitive | Levon | Levojen | ||
partitive | Levoa | Levoja | ||
inessive | Levossa | Levoissa | ||
elative | Levosta | Levoista | ||
illative | Levoon | Levoihin | ||
adessive | Levolla | Levoilla | ||
ablative | Levolta | Levoilta | ||
allative | Levolle | Levoille | ||
essive | Levona | Levoina | ||
translative | Levoksi | Levoiksi | ||
abessive | Levotta | Levoitta | ||
instructive | — | Levoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Levo is the 1844th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 461 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Russian Левонтий (Levontij) + -o.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈleʋo/, [ˈlʲe̞ʋo̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈleʋoi̯/, [ˈle̞ʋo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -eʋo, -eʋoi̯
- Hyphenation: Le‧vo
Proper noun edit
Levo
- a male given name, equivalent to English Leontius
Declension edit
Declension of Levo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Levo | Levot |
genitive | Levon | Levvoin, Levoloin |
partitive | Levvoa | Levoja, Levoloja |
illative | Levvoo | Levvoi, Levoloihe |
inessive | Levos | Levois, Levolois |
elative | Levost | Levoist, Levoloist |
allative | Levolle | Levoille, Levoloille |
adessive | Levol | Levoil, Levoloil |
ablative | Levolt | Levoilt, Levoloilt |
translative | Levoks | Levoiks, Levoloiks |
essive | Levonna, Levvoon | Levoinna, Levoloinna, Levvoin, Levoloin |
exessive1) | Levont | Levoint, Levoloint |
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. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262