Tammerkoski
Finnish
Etymology
The latter part is koski (“rapids”); the initial component is disputed, explanations include:
- Old Swedish tamber (“tame, temperate”)
- a Sami borrowing, compare Northern Sami dappal (“(short) stream pool”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑmːerˌkoski/, [ˈt̪ɑmːe̞rˌko̞s̠ki]
- Hyphenation: Tam‧mer‧kos‧ki
Noun
Tammerkoski
- a rapids in Finland that runs through the modern city of Tampere
- an area in the city of Tampere
Declension
| Inflection of Tammerkoski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tammerkoski | — | |
| genitive | Tammerkosken | — | |
| partitive | Tammerkoskea | — | |
| illative | Tammerkoskeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tammerkoski | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Tammerkoski | — |
| gen. | Tammerkosken | ||
| genitive | Tammerkosken | — | |
| partitive | Tammerkoskea | — | |
| inessive | Tammerkoskessa | — | |
| elative | Tammerkoskesta | — | |
| illative | Tammerkoskeen | — | |
| adessive | Tammerkoskella | — | |
| ablative | Tammerkoskelta | — | |
| allative | Tammerkoskelle | — | |
| essive | Tammerkoskena | — | |
| translative | Tammerkoskeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Tammerkosketta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Related terms
- Tampere