Tuula
Finnish
Etymology
A 20th century a variant of Tuulikki. Tuula and Tuulia have also been associated with refrains in songs, tuulan tei and tuulia tuu, comparable to tra-la-la in English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtuːlɑ]
- Hyphenation: Tuu‧la
Proper noun
Tuula
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- The most popular first name of women born in Finland in 1947 - 1949.
Declension
| Inflection of Tuula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tuula | Tuulat | |
| genitive | Tuulan | Tuulien | |
| partitive | Tuulaa | Tuulia | |
| illative | Tuulaan | Tuuliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tuula | Tuulat | |
| accusative | nom. | Tuula | Tuulat |
| gen. | Tuulan | ||
| genitive | Tuulan | Tuulien Tuulainrare | |
| partitive | Tuulaa | Tuulia | |
| inessive | Tuulassa | Tuulissa | |
| elative | Tuulasta | Tuulista | |
| illative | Tuulaan | Tuuliin | |
| adessive | Tuulalla | Tuulilla | |
| ablative | Tuulalta | Tuulilta | |
| allative | Tuulalle | Tuulille | |
| essive | Tuulana | Tuulina | |
| translative | Tuulaksi | Tuuliksi | |
| instructive | — | Tuulin | |
| abessive | Tuulatta | Tuulitta | |
| comitative | — | Tuulineen | |
Anagrams
- luuta, taulu
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
- (old orthography) Tûla
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish Thora.
Proper noun
Tuula
- A female given name.
References
- Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
- Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland