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Etymology

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sumu (fog) +‎ -iainen, i.e. "foggy place"[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsumiɑi̯nen/, [ˈs̠umiˌɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): Su‧mi‧ai‧nen

Proper noun

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Sumiainen

  1. A former municipality in Central Finland; now part of Äänekoski.
  2. A village in the municipality of Äänekoski.

Declension

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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Sumiainen" is Sumiaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN