Punkalaidun

English

Proper noun

Punkalaidun

1. A municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland

Translations

municipality

• Finnish: Punkalaidun
• Swedish: Punkalaidun n, Pungalaitio n (dated)

Finnish

Etymology

Originally the name of a river, from a compound *Punkalaitio, consisting of Old Norse bunga (“embankment, hill, elevation”) +‎ Proto-Norse [script needed] (*laidō, “route, way”). The latter half has later been folk-etymologically reinterpreted as laidun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuŋkɑˌlɑi̯dun/, [ˈpuŋkɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯dun]
• Rhymes: -ɑidun
• Syllabification^(key): Pun‧ka‧lai‧dun

Proper noun

Punkalaidun

1. Punkalaidun

Declension

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

Inflection of Punkalaidun (Kotus type 33*F/kytkin, t-d gradation)
nominative		Punkalaidun	—
genitive		Punkalaitumen	—
partitive		Punkalaidunta	—
illative		Punkalaitumeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Punkalaidun	—
accusative	nom.	Punkalaidun	—
	gen.	Punkalaitumen
genitive		Punkalaitumen	—
partitive		Punkalaidunta	—
inessive		Punkalaitumessa	—
elative		Punkalaitumesta	—
illative		Punkalaitumeen	—
adessive		Punkalaitumella	—
ablative		Punkalaitumelta	—
allative		Punkalaitumelle	—
essive		Punkalaitumena	—
translative		Punkalaitumeksi	—
abessive		Punkalaitumetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Punkalaidun (Kotus type 33*F/kytkin, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Punkalaitumeni — accusative nom. Punkalaitumeni — gen. Punkalaitumeni genitive Punkalaitumeni — partitive Punkalaiduntani — inessive Punkalaitumessani — elative Punkalaitumestani — illative Punkalaitumeeni — adessive Punkalaitumellani — ablative Punkalaitumeltani — allative Punkalaitumelleni — essive Punkalaitumenani — translative Punkalaitumekseni — abessive Punkalaitumettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Punkalaitumesi — accusative nom. Punkalaitumesi — gen. Punkalaitumesi genitive Punkalaitumesi — partitive Punkalaiduntasi — inessive Punkalaitumessasi — elative Punkalaitumestasi — illative Punkalaitumeesi — adessive Punkalaitumellasi — ablative Punkalaitumeltasi — allative Punkalaitumellesi — essive Punkalaitumenasi — translative Punkalaitumeksesi — abessive Punkalaitumettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Punkalaitumemme — accusative nom. Punkalaitumemme — gen. Punkalaitumemme genitive Punkalaitumemme — partitive Punkalaiduntamme — inessive Punkalaitumessamme — elative Punkalaitumestamme — illative Punkalaitumeemme — adessive Punkalaitumellamme — ablative Punkalaitumeltamme — allative Punkalaitumellemme — essive Punkalaitumenamme — translative Punkalaitumeksemme — abessive Punkalaitumettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Punkalaitumenne — accusative nom. Punkalaitumenne — gen. Punkalaitumenne genitive Punkalaitumenne — partitive Punkalaiduntanne — inessive Punkalaitumessanne — elative Punkalaitumestanne — illative Punkalaitumeenne — adessive Punkalaitumellanne — ablative Punkalaitumeltanne — allative Punkalaitumellenne — essive Punkalaitumenanne — translative Punkalaitumeksenne — abessive Punkalaitumettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Punkalaitumensa — accusative nom. Punkalaitumensa — gen. Punkalaitumensa genitive Punkalaitumensa — partitive Punkalaiduntaan Punkalaiduntansa — inessive Punkalaitumessaan Punkalaitumessansa — elative Punkalaitumestaan Punkalaitumestansa — illative Punkalaitumeensa — adessive Punkalaitumellaan Punkalaitumellansa — ablative Punkalaitumeltaan Punkalaitumeltansa — allative Punkalaitumelleen Punkalaitumellensa — essive Punkalaitumenaan Punkalaitumenansa — translative Punkalaitumekseen Punkalaitumeksensa — abessive Punkalaitumettaan Punkalaitumettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• punkalaitumelainen