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Kiukainen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Perhaps from kiukku (anger) through a name given to a nearby rapid section of river (like *Kiukkukoski), or possibly from kiuas +‎ -inen.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiu̯kɑi̯nen/, [ˈk̟iu̯kɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -iukɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): Kiu‧kai‧nen

Proper noun

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Kiukainen

  1. A former municipality in Satakunta, Finland; now part of Eura.

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 Kiukainen" is Kiukaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

References

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  1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN