Ponkala
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Sami (compare Northern Sami buokŋa) or akin to Punkka + -la.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ponkala
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection 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 Ponkalainrare | ||
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.