Oulu
See also: Ōulù
English
Proper noun
Oulu
- A city in northern Finland.
- A town in Wisconsin, in the United States.
- A lake in northern Finland.
Synonyms
- (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania (historical)
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”),[1] a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (“waterway”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oulu
- Syllabification(key): Ou‧lu
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Oulu" is Oulussa.
| Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oulu | — | |
| genitive | Oulun | — | |
| partitive | Oulua | — | |
| illative | Ouluun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Oulu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Oulu | — |
| gen. | Oulun | ||
| genitive | Oulun | — | |
| partitive | Oulua | — | |
| inessive | Oulussa | — | |
| elative | Oulusta | — | |
| illative | Ouluun | — | |
| adessive | Oululla | — | |
| ablative | Oululta | — | |
| allative | Oululle | — | |
| essive | Ouluna | — | |
| translative | Ouluksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Oulutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Oulu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Ouluni | Oulumme |
| 2nd person | Oulusi | Oulunne |
| 3rd person | Oulunsa | |
Derived terms
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