Leppävaara

Finnish

Etymology

leppä +‎ vaara, calque of Swedish Alberga. It is said that the Finnish name was coined by Finnish actress, director and author Elli Tompuri, who was from Vehkalahti in southeastern Finland (Karelia), where the word vaara is used of the hills characteristic of the area.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepːæˌʋɑːrɑ/, [ˈle̞pːæˌʋɑ̝ːrɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑːrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lep‧pä‧vaa‧ra

Proper noun

Leppävaara

1. A district of Espoo

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Leppävaara" is Leppävaarassa.

Inflection of Leppävaara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Leppävaara	—
genitive		Leppävaaran	—
partitive		Leppävaaraa	—
illative		Leppävaaraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Leppävaara	—
accusative	nom.	Leppävaara	—
	gen.	Leppävaaran
genitive		Leppävaaran	—
partitive		Leppävaaraa	—
inessive		Leppävaarassa	—
elative		Leppävaarasta	—
illative		Leppävaaraan	—
adessive		Leppävaaralla	—
ablative		Leppävaaralta	—
allative		Leppävaaralle	—
essive		Leppävaarana	—
translative		Leppävaaraksi	—
abessive		Leppävaaratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Leppävaara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leppävaarani — accusative nom. Leppävaarani — gen. Leppävaarani genitive Leppävaarani — partitive Leppävaaraani — inessive Leppävaarassani — elative Leppävaarastani — illative Leppävaaraani — adessive Leppävaarallani — ablative Leppävaaraltani — allative Leppävaaralleni — essive Leppävaaranani — translative Leppävaarakseni — abessive Leppävaarattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leppävaarasi — accusative nom. Leppävaarasi — gen. Leppävaarasi genitive Leppävaarasi — partitive Leppävaaraasi — inessive Leppävaarassasi — elative Leppävaarastasi — illative Leppävaaraasi — adessive Leppävaarallasi — ablative Leppävaaraltasi — allative Leppävaarallesi — essive Leppävaaranasi — translative Leppävaaraksesi — abessive Leppävaarattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leppävaaramme — accusative nom. Leppävaaramme — gen. Leppävaaramme genitive Leppävaaramme — partitive Leppävaaraamme — inessive Leppävaarassamme — elative Leppävaarastamme — illative Leppävaaraamme — adessive Leppävaarallamme — ablative Leppävaaraltamme — allative Leppävaarallemme — essive Leppävaaranamme — translative Leppävaaraksemme — abessive Leppävaarattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leppävaaranne — accusative nom. Leppävaaranne — gen. Leppävaaranne genitive Leppävaaranne — partitive Leppävaaraanne — inessive Leppävaarassanne — elative Leppävaarastanne — illative Leppävaaraanne — adessive Leppävaarallanne — ablative Leppävaaraltanne — allative Leppävaarallenne — essive Leppävaarananne — translative Leppävaaraksenne — abessive Leppävaarattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Leppävaaransa — accusative nom. Leppävaaransa — gen. Leppävaaransa genitive Leppävaaransa — partitive Leppävaaraansa — inessive Leppävaarassaan Leppävaarassansa — elative Leppävaarastaan Leppävaarastansa — illative Leppävaaraansa — adessive Leppävaarallaan Leppävaarallansa — ablative Leppävaaraltaan Leppävaaraltansa — allative Leppävaaralleen Leppävaarallensa — essive Leppävaaranaan Leppävaaranansa — translative Leppävaarakseen Leppävaaraksensa — abessive Leppävaarattaan Leppävaarattansa — instructive — — comitative — —