Originally *Längelmä; mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Originally the name of a lake; possibly länke- + -lmä, likening the shape of the lake to a horse collar.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈlæŋːelˌmæki/, [ˈlæŋːe̞lˌmæk̟i]
- Rhymes: -æki
- Syllabification(key): Län‧gel‧mä‧ki
Längelmäki
- A former municipality in Finland; now divided between the municipalities of Orivesi and Jämsä.
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Längelmäki" is Längelmäellä.
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN