Kiikoinen
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly Kiikka + -oinen (because people from Kiikka may have been early settlers), or more directly from the name of the nearby rapids Kiikoiskoski, which may be from kiikottaa (“to talk loudly, holler”) or kiikuttaa (“to rock, sway”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiikoinen
- A former municipality in Satakunta, Finland; now part of Sastamala.
- A village in the municipality of Sastamala.
Declension
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kiikoinen" is Kiikoisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.
References
edit- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN