Vellamo
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the verb velloa (“surging”) (like the waves).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Vellamo
- A goddess of waters, the wife of Ahto in the Kalevala.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 48:123-124:
- Vellamo, ve’en emäntä, / Ve’en eukko ruokorinta!
- Vellamo, mistress of the deep, / Rushy-breasted water woman!
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 48:123-124:
- a female given name
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Vellamo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Vellamo | Vellamot | |
genitive | Vellamon | Vellamojen Vellamoiden Vellamoitten | |
partitive | Vellamoa | Vellamoja Vellamoita | |
illative | Vellamoon | Vellamoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Vellamo | Vellamot | |
accusative | nom. | Vellamo | Vellamot |
gen. | Vellamon | ||
genitive | Vellamon | Vellamojen Vellamoiden Vellamoitten | |
partitive | Vellamoa | Vellamoja Vellamoita | |
inessive | Vellamossa | Vellamoissa | |
elative | Vellamosta | Vellamoista | |
illative | Vellamoon | Vellamoihin | |
adessive | Vellamolla | Vellamoilla | |
ablative | Vellamolta | Vellamoilta | |
allative | Vellamolle | Vellamoille | |
essive | Vellamona | Vellamoina | |
translative | Vellamoksi | Vellamoiksi | |
abessive | Vellamotta | Vellamoitta | |
instructive | — | Vellamoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Vellamo is the 1256th (tied with 7 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 101 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,040 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Vellamo belongs to 95 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.