English
Proper noun
Nurmes
- A town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland.
Translations
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
nurmi + -s; possibly through Karelian, where nurmi can mean "meadow"[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnurmes/, [ˈnurme̞s̠]
- Rhymes: -urmes
- Syllabification(key): Nur‧mes
- Hyphenation(key): Nur‧mes
Proper noun
Nurmes
- Nurmes (a town and municipality of North Karelia, Finland)
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Nurmes" is Nurmeksessa.
| Inflection of Nurmes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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| nominative
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Nurmes
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| genitive
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Nurmeksen
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmesta
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseen
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—
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmes
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmes
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmeksen
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| genitive
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Nurmeksen
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmesta
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessa
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksesta
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseen
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksella
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekselta
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—
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| allative
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Nurmekselle
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksena
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—
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| translative
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Nurmekseksi
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksetta
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmekseni
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmekseni
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmekseni
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| genitive
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Nurmekseni
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmestani
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessani
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksestani
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseeni
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksellani
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekseltani
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—
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| allative
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Nurmekselleni
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksenani
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—
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| translative
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Nurmeksekseni
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksettani
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmeksesi
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmeksesi
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmeksesi
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| genitive
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Nurmeksesi
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmestasi
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessasi
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksestasi
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseesi
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksellasi
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekseltasi
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—
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| allative
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Nurmeksellesi
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksenasi
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—
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| translative
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Nurmekseksesi
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksettasi
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmeksemme
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmeksemme
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmeksemme
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| genitive
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Nurmeksemme
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmestamme
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessamme
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksestamme
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseemme
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksellamme
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekseltamme
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—
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| allative
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Nurmeksellemme
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksenamme
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—
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| translative
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Nurmekseksemme
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksettamme
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmeksenne
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmeksenne
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmeksenne
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| genitive
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Nurmeksenne
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmestanne
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessanne
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksestanne
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseenne
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksellanne
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekseltanne
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—
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| allative
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Nurmeksellenne
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksenanne
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—
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| translative
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Nurmekseksenne
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksettanne
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Nurmeksensa
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Nurmeksensa
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—
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| gen.
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Nurmeksensa
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| genitive
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Nurmeksensa
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—
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| partitive
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Nurmestaan
Nurmestansa
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—
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| inessive
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Nurmeksessaan
Nurmeksessansa
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—
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| elative
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Nurmeksestaan
Nurmeksestansa
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—
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| illative
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Nurmekseensa
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—
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| adessive
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Nurmeksellaan
Nurmeksellansa
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—
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| ablative
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Nurmekseltaan
Nurmekseltansa
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—
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| allative
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Nurmekselleen
Nurmeksellensa
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—
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| essive
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Nurmeksenaan
Nurmeksenansa
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—
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| translative
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Nurmeksekseen
Nurmekseksensa
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—
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| abessive
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Nurmeksettaan
Nurmeksettansa
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN