Maaninka
Finnish
Etymology
maani- + -nka, possibly from Sami, compare Skolt Sami maanjik (“large whitefish”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːniŋkɑ/, [ˈmɑːniŋkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːniŋkɑ
- Syllabification(key): Maa‧nin‧ka
Proper noun
Maaninka
- A former municipality in North Savo, Finland; now part of Kuopio.
- A village in the municipality of Kuopio.
Declension
| Inflection of Maaninka (Kotus type 9*G/kala, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maaninka | — | |
| genitive | Maaningan | — | |
| partitive | Maaninkaa | — | |
| illative | Maaninkaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Maaninka | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Maaninka | — |
| gen. | Maaningan | ||
| genitive | Maaningan | — | |
| partitive | Maaninkaa | — | |
| inessive | Maaningassa | — | |
| elative | Maaningasta | — | |
| illative | Maaninkaan | — | |
| adessive | Maaningalla | — | |
| ablative | Maaningalta | — | |
| allative | Maaningalle | — | |
| essive | Maaninkana | — | |
| translative | Maaningaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Maaningatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Maaninka (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Maaninkani | Maaninkamme |
| 2nd person | Maaninkasi | Maaninkanne |
| 3rd person | Maaninkansa | |
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Maaninka" is Maaningalla.
References
- Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007) Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN