Etymology
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valta + -imo; compare the dialectal valtaoja (valta + oja) for a large brook or creek. The lake, after which the town is named, was named such probably because it is what many small streams flow into. The name predates the word valtimo (“artery”) (coined in 1837), which may have received some inspiration from the place name.[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltimo/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪imo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑltimo
- Syllabification(key): Val‧ti‧mo
Proper noun
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Valtimo
- Valtimo (a former municipality of Finland)
Declension
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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Valtimo" is Valtimolla.
Derived terms
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN