Kaisu
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See also: kaisū
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a diminutive form of Kaisa, from Katariina (“Catherine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kaisu
- a female given name
- 1918, Anni Swan, Kaarinan kesäloma, WSOY, published 1956, page 111:
- Ei, Kaarina kulta, heitä rillit nurkkaan, luovu arvokkaasta opettajannaamastasi ja muutu jälleen vallattomaksi Kaisuksi.
- No, Kaarina, darling, toss those glasses in the corner, leave your dignified teacher face behind and become an unruly Kaisu once again.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Kaisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kaisu | Kaisut | ||
genitive | Kaisun | Kaisujen | ||
partitive | Kaisua | Kaisuja | ||
illative | Kaisuun | Kaisuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kaisu | Kaisut | ||
accusative | nom. | Kaisu | Kaisut | |
gen. | Kaisun | |||
genitive | Kaisun | Kaisujen | ||
partitive | Kaisua | Kaisuja | ||
inessive | Kaisussa | Kaisuissa | ||
elative | Kaisusta | Kaisuista | ||
illative | Kaisuun | Kaisuihin | ||
adessive | Kaisulla | Kaisuilla | ||
ablative | Kaisulta | Kaisuilta | ||
allative | Kaisulle | Kaisuille | ||
essive | Kaisuna | Kaisuina | ||
translative | Kaisuksi | Kaisuiksi | ||
abessive | Kaisutta | Kaisuitta | ||
instructive | — | Kaisuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- Kaisu is the 196th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,219 female individuals (and as a middle name to 697 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.