Koivulahti
Finnish
editEtymology
editAdapted from Swedish Kvevlax (also written Koiffuolax (1440), Kåjwålax (1443), Quiffuelax (1543) in older sources), which in turn is from Finnish *Koivulaksi (thus koivu (“birch”) + lahti (“bay”)) or *Kuivalaksi (thus kuiva (“dry”) + lahti (“bay”)).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKoivulahti
- A former municipality in Finland, merged with Mustasaari in 1973.
- a Finnish surname transferred from the place name
Declension
editInflection of Koivulahti (Kotus type 7*F/ovi, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet | |
genitive | Koivulahden | Koivulahtien | |
partitive | Koivulahtea | Koivulahtia | |
illative | Koivulahteen | Koivulahtiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet | |
accusative | nom. | Koivulahti | Koivulahdet |
gen. | Koivulahden | ||
genitive | Koivulahden | Koivulahtien | |
partitive | Koivulahtea | Koivulahtia | |
inessive | Koivulahdessa | Koivulahdissa | |
elative | Koivulahdesta | Koivulahdista | |
illative | Koivulahteen | Koivulahtiin | |
adessive | Koivulahdella | Koivulahdilla | |
ablative | Koivulahdelta | Koivulahdilta | |
allative | Koivulahdelle | Koivulahdille | |
essive | Koivulahtena | Koivulahtina | |
translative | Koivulahdeksi | Koivulahdiksi | |
abessive | Koivulahdetta | Koivulahditta | |
instructive | — | Koivulahdin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Koivulahti is the 2924th (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 269 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
edit- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN