Oulu

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See also: Ōulù

English

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Etymology

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From Finnish Oulu.

Proper noun

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Oulu

  1. A city in northern Finland.
  2. A town in Wisconsin, in the United States.
  3. A lake in northern Finland.

Synonyms

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Translations

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Probably from the dialectal term oulu (floodwater),[1] a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (waterway). Alternatively, the aforementioned Samic term might be borrowed from Finnish, which would rather derive from another Samic term, *võvl(V), in turn from earlier *votl- (compare to the name of the Vodla river in Russia), perhaps a Paleo-European substrate borrowing.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oulu
  • Syllabification(key): Ou‧lu

Proper noun

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Oulu

  1. Oulu (the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Declension

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

Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Oulu
genitive Oulun
partitive Oulua
illative Ouluun
singular plural
nominative Oulu
accusative nom. Oulu
gen. Oulun
genitive Oulun
partitive Oulua
inessive Oulussa
elative Oulusta
illative Ouluun
adessive Oululla
ablative Oululta
allative Oululle
essive Ouluna
translative Ouluksi
abessive Oulutta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ouluni
accusative nom. Ouluni
gen. Ouluni
genitive Ouluni
partitive Ouluani
inessive Oulussani
elative Oulustani
illative Ouluuni
adessive Oulullani
ablative Oulultani
allative Oululleni
essive Oulunani
translative Oulukseni
abessive Ouluttani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulusi
accusative nom. Oulusi
gen. Oulusi
genitive Oulusi
partitive Ouluasi
inessive Oulussasi
elative Oulustasi
illative Ouluusi
adessive Oulullasi
ablative Oulultasi
allative Oulullesi
essive Oulunasi
translative Ouluksesi
abessive Ouluttasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulumme
accusative nom. Oulumme
gen. Oulumme
genitive Oulumme
partitive Ouluamme
inessive Oulussamme
elative Oulustamme
illative Ouluumme
adessive Oulullamme
ablative Oulultamme
allative Oulullemme
essive Oulunamme
translative Ouluksemme
abessive Ouluttamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulunne
accusative nom. Oulunne
gen. Oulunne
genitive Oulunne
partitive Ouluanne
inessive Oulussanne
elative Oulustanne
illative Ouluunne
adessive Oulullanne
ablative Oulultanne
allative Oulullenne
essive Oulunanne
translative Ouluksenne
abessive Ouluttanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Oulunsa
accusative nom. Oulunsa
gen. Oulunsa
genitive Oulunsa
partitive Ouluaan
Ouluansa
inessive Oulussaan
Oulussansa
elative Oulustaan
Oulustansa
illative Ouluunsa
adessive Oulullaan
Oulullansa
ablative Oulultaan
Oulultansa
allative Oululleen
Oulullensa
essive Oulunaan
Oulunansa
translative Oulukseen
Ouluksensa
abessive Ouluttaan
Ouluttansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  1. ^ Janne Saarikivi: Oulu-nimen etymologia / "Etymology of the name Oulu" [1]
  2. ^ Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomeen suuntautuneiden nimistövirtausten monimuotoisuus. Muinaistutkija 1/2021. p. 28–30

Polish

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Oulu

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Oulu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔw.lu/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwlu
  • Syllabification: Ou‧lu

Proper noun

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Oulu n (indeclinable)

  1. Oulu (the capital city and municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Further reading

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  • Oulu in PWN's encyclopedia