Kiukainen

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps from kiukku (anger) through a name given to a nearby rapid section of river (like *Kiukkukoski), or possibly from kiuas +‎ -inen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiu̯kɑi̯nen/, [ˈk̟iu̯kɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -iukɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): Kiu‧kai‧nen
  • Hyphenation(key): Kiu‧kai‧nen

Proper noun

Kiukainen

  1. A former municipality in Satakunta, Finland; now part of Eura.

Declension

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

References

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