Kiikoinen

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːkoi̯nen/, [ˈk̟iːko̞i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -iːkoinen
• Syllabification^(key): Kii‧koi‧nen

Proper noun

Kiikoinen

1. A former municipality in Satakunta, Finland; now part of Sastamala.
2. A village in the municipality of Sastamala.

Declension

Inflection of Kiikoinen (type 38/nainen) singular plural nominative Kiikoinen – genitive – Kiikoisten partitive Kiikoista Kiikoisia accusative Kiikoinen Kiikoisen – inessive – Kiikoisissa elative – Kiikoisista illative – Kiikoisiin adessive – Kiikoisilla ablative – Kiikoisilta allative – Kiikoisille essive – Kiikoisina translative Kiikoiseksi Kiikoisiksi abessive – Kiikoisitta instructive – Kiikoisin comitative – Kiikoisineen

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.