Kauhava

English

Proper noun

Kauhava

1. A town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Translations

town

• Finnish: Kauhava (fi)
• Swedish: Kauhava n

Finnish

Etymology

From kauha +‎ -va, given as a name to the river (thence to the town) after the nearby lake Kauhajärvi, in which the kauha (“scoop, ladle, dipper”) is probably a reference to the shape of the lake. The older and more straightforward name Kauhajoki (by simply replacing järvi (“lake”) with joki (“river”)) may have been avoided to prevent confusion with another nearby river of the same name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯hɑʋɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯ɦɑ̝ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑuhɑʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kau‧ha‧va

Proper noun

Kauhava

1. Kauhava (a town and municipality of Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kauhava" is Kauhavalla.

Inflection of Kauhava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Kauhava	—
genitive		Kauhavan	—
partitive		Kauhavaa	—
illative		Kauhavaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kauhava	—
accusative	nom.	Kauhava	—
	gen.	Kauhavan
genitive		Kauhavan	—
partitive		Kauhavaa	—
inessive		Kauhavassa	—
elative		Kauhavasta	—
illative		Kauhavaan	—
adessive		Kauhavalla	—
ablative		Kauhavalta	—
allative		Kauhavalle	—
essive		Kauhavana	—
translative		Kauhavaksi	—
abessive		Kauhavatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kauhava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kauhavani — accusative nom. Kauhavani — gen. Kauhavani genitive Kauhavani — partitive Kauhavaani — inessive Kauhavassani — elative Kauhavastani — illative Kauhavaani — adessive Kauhavallani — ablative Kauhavaltani — allative Kauhavalleni — essive Kauhavanani — translative Kauhavakseni — abessive Kauhavattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kauhavasi — accusative nom. Kauhavasi — gen. Kauhavasi genitive Kauhavasi — partitive Kauhavaasi — inessive Kauhavassasi — elative Kauhavastasi — illative Kauhavaasi — adessive Kauhavallasi — ablative Kauhavaltasi — allative Kauhavallesi — essive Kauhavanasi — translative Kauhavaksesi — abessive Kauhavattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kauhavamme — accusative nom. Kauhavamme — gen. Kauhavamme genitive Kauhavamme — partitive Kauhavaamme — inessive Kauhavassamme — elative Kauhavastamme — illative Kauhavaamme — adessive Kauhavallamme — ablative Kauhavaltamme — allative Kauhavallemme — essive Kauhavanamme — translative Kauhavaksemme — abessive Kauhavattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kauhavanne — accusative nom. Kauhavanne — gen. Kauhavanne genitive Kauhavanne — partitive Kauhavaanne — inessive Kauhavassanne — elative Kauhavastanne — illative Kauhavaanne — adessive Kauhavallanne — ablative Kauhavaltanne — allative Kauhavallenne — essive Kauhavananne — translative Kauhavaksenne — abessive Kauhavattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kauhavansa — accusative nom. Kauhavansa — gen. Kauhavansa genitive Kauhavansa — partitive Kauhavaansa — inessive Kauhavassaan Kauhavassansa — elative Kauhavastaan Kauhavastansa — illative Kauhavaansa — adessive Kauhavallaan Kauhavallansa — ablative Kauhavaltaan Kauhavaltansa — allative Kauhavalleen Kauhavallensa — essive Kauhavanaan Kauhavanansa — translative Kauhavakseen Kauhavaksensa — abessive Kauhavattaan Kauhavattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kauhavalainen

 

Anagrams

• uhkaava