Ponkala
Finnish
editEtymology
editPossibly from Sami (compare Northern Sami buokŋa) or akin to Punkka + -la.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPonkala
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Ponkala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ponkala | Ponkalat | |
genitive | Ponkalan | Ponkaloiden Ponkaloitten | |
partitive | Ponkalaa | Ponkaloita | |
illative | Ponkalaan | Ponkaloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ponkala | Ponkalat | |
accusative | nom. | Ponkala | Ponkalat |
gen. | Ponkalan | ||
genitive | Ponkalan | Ponkaloiden Ponkaloitten Ponkalain rare | |
partitive | Ponkalaa | Ponkaloita | |
inessive | Ponkalassa | Ponkaloissa | |
elative | Ponkalasta | Ponkaloista | |
illative | Ponkalaan | Ponkaloihin | |
adessive | Ponkalalla | Ponkaloilla | |
ablative | Ponkalalta | Ponkaloilta | |
allative | Ponkalalle | Ponkaloille | |
essive | Ponkalana | Ponkaloina | |
translative | Ponkalaksi | Ponkaloiksi | |
abessive | Ponkalatta | Ponkaloitta | |
instructive | — | Ponkaloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Ponkala is the 5261st (tied with 32 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 135 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.