Kajaani
English
Synonyms
- Cajanaburg (historical)
Finnish
Etymology
From the initial part of Swedish Kajaneborg, which is of the same origin as in Swedish Kajanaland (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij), каянский (kajanskij) (compare Russian Каянская земля (Kajanskaja zemlja, “Kvenland?”)), which is in some way related to Kainuu and Old Norse kvenir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑːni/, [ˈkɑjɑːni]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑːni
- Syllabification(key): Ka‧jaa‧ni
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Kajaani" is Kajaanissa.
| Inflection of Kajaani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kajaani | — | |
| genitive | Kajaanin | — | |
| partitive | Kajaania | — | |
| illative | Kajaaniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kajaani | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kajaani | — |
| gen. | Kajaanin | ||
| genitive | Kajaanin | — | |
| partitive | Kajaania | — | |
| inessive | Kajaanissa | — | |
| elative | Kajaanista | — | |
| illative | Kajaaniin | — | |
| adessive | Kajaanilla | — | |
| ablative | Kajaanilta | — | |
| allative | Kajaanille | — | |
| essive | Kajaanina | — | |
| translative | Kajaaniksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Kajaanitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Kajaani (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Kajaanini | Kajaanimme |
| 2nd person | Kajaanisi | Kajaaninne |
| 3rd person | Kajaaninsa | |
See also
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