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Etymology edit

From the name of the nearby lake, possibly a participle *ullava (flooding), akin to dialectal ulli (floodwater)[1] and of Sami origin (compare Northern Sami ulˈli).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Ullava

  1. A former municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Kokkola.
  2. A village in the municipality of Kokkola.

Declension edit

Inflection of Ullava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Ullava
genitive Ullavan
partitive Ullavaa
illative Ullavaan
singular plural
nominative Ullava
accusative nom. Ullava
gen. Ullavan
genitive Ullavan
partitive Ullavaa
inessive Ullavassa
elative Ullavasta
illative Ullavaan
adessive Ullavalla
ablative Ullavalta
allative Ullavalle
essive Ullavana
translative Ullavaksi
abessive Ullavatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Ullava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ullavani
accusative nom. Ullavani
gen. Ullavani
genitive Ullavani
partitive Ullavaani
inessive Ullavassani
elative Ullavastani
illative Ullavaani
adessive Ullavallani
ablative Ullavaltani
allative Ullavalleni
essive Ullavanani
translative Ullavakseni
abessive Ullavattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ullavasi
accusative nom. Ullavasi
gen. Ullavasi
genitive Ullavasi
partitive Ullavaasi
inessive Ullavassasi
elative Ullavastasi
illative Ullavaasi
adessive Ullavallasi
ablative Ullavaltasi
allative Ullavallesi
essive Ullavanasi
translative Ullavaksesi
abessive Ullavattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ullavamme
accusative nom. Ullavamme
gen. Ullavamme
genitive Ullavamme
partitive Ullavaamme
inessive Ullavassamme
elative Ullavastamme
illative Ullavaamme
adessive Ullavallamme
ablative Ullavaltamme
allative Ullavallemme
essive Ullavanamme
translative Ullavaksemme
abessive Ullavattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ullavanne
accusative nom. Ullavanne
gen. Ullavanne
genitive Ullavanne
partitive Ullavaanne
inessive Ullavassanne
elative Ullavastanne
illative Ullavaanne
adessive Ullavallanne
ablative Ullavaltanne
allative Ullavallenne
essive Ullavananne
translative Ullavaksenne
abessive Ullavattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ullavansa
accusative nom. Ullavansa
gen. Ullavansa
genitive Ullavansa
partitive Ullavaansa
inessive Ullavassaan
Ullavassansa
elative Ullavastaan
Ullavastansa
illative Ullavaansa
adessive Ullavallaan
Ullavallansa
ablative Ullavaltaan
Ullavaltansa
allative Ullavalleen
Ullavallensa
essive Ullavanaan
Ullavanansa
translative Ullavakseen
Ullavaksensa
abessive Ullavattaan
Ullavattansa
instructive
comitative

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Ullava" is Ullavassa.

References edit

  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
  2. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN