Etymology
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Originally *Kokema; mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Ultimately possibly from kokea (kokema with -ma as a "fishing place, fishing grounds").[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkokeˌmæki/, [ˈko̞k̟e̞ˌmæk̟i]
- Rhymes: -æki
- Syllabification(key): Ko‧ke‧mä‧ki
Proper noun
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Kokemäki
- A town and municipality of Satakunta, Finland.
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kokemäki" is Kokemäellä.
Derived terms
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN