Kerava

Finnish

Etymology

Kerava and variants like Kärävä can be found more widely in place names in Tavastia and South Savonia as well. It is probably akin to käräjät (dialectal keräjät; for the consonantal variation, compare kataja ~ dialectal katava, pihlaja ~ dialectal pihlava), referring to places that were close to borders and thus to a place that required a public assembly to agree on who should own it. Less likely derived from kero (“throat”) as a reference to a narrow body of water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkerɑʋɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rɑ̝ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erɑʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ke‧ra‧va

Proper noun

Kerava

1. A town and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kerava" is Keravalla.

Inflection of Kerava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Kerava	—
genitive		Keravan	—
partitive		Keravaa	—
illative		Keravaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kerava	—
accusative	nom.	Kerava	—
	gen.	Keravan
genitive		Keravan	—
partitive		Keravaa	—
inessive		Keravassa	—
elative		Keravasta	—
illative		Keravaan	—
adessive		Keravalla	—
ablative		Keravalta	—
allative		Keravalle	—
essive		Keravana	—
translative		Keravaksi	—
abessive		Keravatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kerava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Keravani — accusative nom. Keravani — gen. Keravani genitive Keravani — partitive Keravaani — inessive Keravassani — elative Keravastani — illative Keravaani — adessive Keravallani — ablative Keravaltani — allative Keravalleni — essive Keravanani — translative Keravakseni — abessive Keravattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Keravasi — accusative nom. Keravasi — gen. Keravasi genitive Keravasi — partitive Keravaasi — inessive Keravassasi — elative Keravastasi — illative Keravaasi — adessive Keravallasi — ablative Keravaltasi — allative Keravallesi — essive Keravanasi — translative Keravaksesi — abessive Keravattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Keravamme — accusative nom. Keravamme — gen. Keravamme genitive Keravamme — partitive Keravaamme — inessive Keravassamme — elative Keravastamme — illative Keravaamme — adessive Keravallamme — ablative Keravaltamme — allative Keravallemme — essive Keravanamme — translative Keravaksemme — abessive Keravattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Keravanne — accusative nom. Keravanne — gen. Keravanne genitive Keravanne — partitive Keravaanne — inessive Keravassanne — elative Keravastanne — illative Keravaanne — adessive Keravallanne — ablative Keravaltanne — allative Keravallenne — essive Keravananne — translative Keravaksenne — abessive Keravattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Keravansa — accusative nom. Keravansa — gen. Keravansa genitive Keravansa — partitive Keravaansa — inessive Keravassaan Keravassansa — elative Keravastaan Keravastansa — illative Keravaansa — adessive Keravallaan Keravallansa — ablative Keravaltaan Keravaltansa — allative Keravalleen Keravallensa — essive Keravanaan Keravanansa — translative Keravakseen Keravaksensa — abessive Keravattaan Keravattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• keravalainen

 

Anagrams

• vekara

Japanese

Romanization

Kerava

1. Rōmaji transcription of ケラヴァ