Loimaa

Finnish

Etymology

From loima (“(dialectal) lowlying wetland”). The long vowel is probably by analogy with maa or by haplology from *Loimamaa (loima +‎ maa) or *Loimimaa (loimi- +‎ maa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯mɑː/, [ˈlo̞i̯mɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oimɑː
• Syllabification^(key): Loi‧maa

Proper noun

Loimaa

1. A town in Southwest Finland.

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Loimaa" is Loimaalla.

Inflection of Loimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative		Loimaa	—
genitive		Loimaan	—
partitive		Loimaata	—
illative		Loimaaseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Loimaa	—
accusative	nom.	Loimaa	—
	gen.	Loimaan
genitive		Loimaan	—
partitive		Loimaata	—
inessive		Loimaassa	—
elative		Loimaasta	—
illative		Loimaaseen	—
adessive		Loimaalla	—
ablative		Loimaalta	—
allative		Loimaalle	—
essive		Loimaana	—
translative		Loimaaksi	—
abessive		Loimaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Loimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Loimaani — accusative nom. Loimaani — gen. Loimaani genitive Loimaani — partitive Loimaatani — inessive Loimaassani — elative Loimaastani — illative Loimaaseeni — adessive Loimaallani — ablative Loimaaltani — allative Loimaalleni — essive Loimaanani — translative Loimaakseni — abessive Loimaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Loimaasi — accusative nom. Loimaasi — gen. Loimaasi genitive Loimaasi — partitive Loimaatasi — inessive Loimaassasi — elative Loimaastasi — illative Loimaaseesi — adessive Loimaallasi — ablative Loimaaltasi — allative Loimaallesi — essive Loimaanasi — translative Loimaaksesi — abessive Loimaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Loimaamme — accusative nom. Loimaamme — gen. Loimaamme genitive Loimaamme — partitive Loimaatamme — inessive Loimaassamme — elative Loimaastamme — illative Loimaaseemme — adessive Loimaallamme — ablative Loimaaltamme — allative Loimaallemme — essive Loimaanamme — translative Loimaaksemme — abessive Loimaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Loimaanne — accusative nom. Loimaanne — gen. Loimaanne genitive Loimaanne — partitive Loimaatanne — inessive Loimaassanne — elative Loimaastanne — illative Loimaaseenne — adessive Loimaallanne — ablative Loimaaltanne — allative Loimaallenne — essive Loimaananne — translative Loimaaksenne — abessive Loimaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Loimaansa — accusative nom. Loimaansa — gen. Loimaansa genitive Loimaansa — partitive Loimaataan Loimaatansa — inessive Loimaassaan Loimaassansa — elative Loimaastaan Loimaastansa — illative Loimaaseensa — adessive Loimaallaan Loimaallansa — ablative Loimaaltaan Loimaaltansa — allative Loimaalleen Loimaallensa — essive Loimaanaan Loimaanansa — translative Loimaakseen Loimaaksensa — abessive Loimaattaan Loimaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• loimaalainen

 

Descendants

• → English: Loimaa
• → Swedish: Loimaa