Inari

Inari

See also: inari

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 稲荷 (Inari).

Proper noun

Inari

1. (mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.

Proper noun

Inari

1. A lake in Finnish Lapland.
2. A municipality of Lapland, Finland, and its central village.
3. A Saami language: the Inari Sami.
4. (astronomy) 1532 Inari, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

lake

Belarusian: Інары n (Inary) Danish: Enaresøen, Enare Finnish: Inarijärvi (fi), Inari (fi) Inari Sami: Aanaarjävri Japanese: イナリ湖 (Inari-ko) Latvian: Inari m Lithuanian: Inaris Northern Sami: Anárjávri Norwegian: Enaresjøen c Portuguese: Inari m Russian: И́нари n (Ínari) Skolt Sami: Aanarjäuˊrr Swedish: Enare träsk Turkmen: İnari gölü

municipality and village

Finnish: Inari (fi) Inari Sami: Aanaar Northern Sami: Anár Norwegian: Enare Portuguese: Inari f Skolt Sami: Aanar Swedish: Enare

language

Finnish: inarinsaame (fi) Inari Sami: anarâškielâ Northern Sami: anárašgiella Norwegian: enaresamisk n Bokmål: enaresamisk n Nynorsk: enaresamisk n Swedish: enaresamiska (sv) n

asteroid

Finnish: Inari (fi)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Inari, smn ⁠

Anagrams

• INRIA, Irani, Riina, irian

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Finnish

Etymology

Probably from Inari Sami Aanaar, perhaps ultimately from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinɑri/, [ˈinɑri]
• Rhymes: -inɑri
• Syllabification^(key): I‧na‧ri

Proper noun

Inari

1. (uncountable) Inari (lake)
2. (uncountable) Inari (municipality and its central village)
3. (uncountable) Inari (asteroid)
4. a female given name from the name of the lake
   • 1917 Joel Lehtonen, Kerran kesällä, Otava (1972), page 75:

     "Paatilla makaamaan", matki surkeasti Bongman. "Maissi-rouva! Miksi ei Riissi-rouva, miksi ei suomalaisia nimiä. Ja Svea Ruusa. Miksi ei Saima, Inari, Koli..."

     "Kuinka te uskallatte!" huudahti rouva Könölin.

   • 2014, Leena Kirstinä, Kirsi Kunnas―sateessa ja tuulessa, WSOY, →ISBN, pages 29-30:

     Teiskolaisten vastustuksesta huolimatta Einari Vehmas ja Sylvi Kunnas solmivat avioliiton lesken suruvuoden mentyä 1930. [ - - - ] Kirsin ja Alilan pikkusisko Inari syntyi 24. syyskuuta 1931. Inari oli tuolloin hyvin uudenaikainen nimi, ja Kirsi ja Alila vitsailivatkin myöhemmin keskenään, että äiti oli keksinyt sen poistamalla miehensä nimestä E-kirjaimen.

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5. (dated, rare) a male given name

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Inari" is Inarissa.

Inflection of Inari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Inari	Inarit
genitive		Inarin	Inarien Inareiden Inareitten
partitive		Inaria	Inareita Inareja
illative		Inariin	Inareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Inari	Inarit
accusative	nom.	Inari	Inarit
	gen.	Inarin
genitive		Inarin	Inarien Inareiden Inareitten
partitive		Inaria	Inareita Inareja
inessive		Inarissa	Inareissa
elative		Inarista	Inareista
illative		Inariin	Inareihin
adessive		Inarilla	Inareilla
ablative		Inarilta	Inareilta
allative		Inarille	Inareille
essive		Inarina	Inareina
translative		Inariksi	Inareiksi
instructive		—	Inarein
abessive		Inaritta	Inareitta
comitative		—	Inareineen

Possessive forms of Inari (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Inarini	Inarimme
2nd person	Inarisi	Inarinne
3rd person	Inarinsa

Anagrams

• Irina, Riina

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Inari f

1. Inari (a municipality and village in northern Finland)

Proper noun

Inari m

1. Inari (a lake in northern Finland)