Kullervo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kulta (“gold”) + -ervo (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kullervo
- A tragic hero in the Kalevala.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 36:155-158:
- Kullervo, Kalervon poika, / Sinisukka äijön lapsi, / Läksi soitellen sotahan, / Iloitellen tappelohon.
- Kullervo, son of Kalervo, / Old man's son in blue stockings, / Went off piping to the war, / Went rejoicing to the battle.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 36:155-158:
- a male given name taken into use from the Kalevala
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kullervo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kullervo | Kullervot | |
genitive | Kullervon | Kullervojen Kullervoiden Kullervoitten | |
partitive | Kullervoa | Kullervoja Kullervoita | |
illative | Kullervoon | Kullervoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kullervo | Kullervot | |
accusative | nom. | Kullervo | Kullervot |
gen. | Kullervon | ||
genitive | Kullervon | Kullervojen Kullervoiden Kullervoitten | |
partitive | Kullervoa | Kullervoja Kullervoita | |
inessive | Kullervossa | Kullervoissa | |
elative | Kullervosta | Kullervoista | |
illative | Kullervoon | Kullervoihin | |
adessive | Kullervolla | Kullervoilla | |
ablative | Kullervolta | Kullervoilta | |
allative | Kullervolle | Kullervoille | |
essive | Kullervona | Kullervoina | |
translative | Kullervoksi | Kullervoiksi | |
abessive | Kullervotta | Kullervoitta | |
instructive | — | Kullervoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Kullervo is the 929th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 116 male individuals (and as a middle name to 9,419 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -ervo
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ulːerʋo
- Rhymes:Finnish/ulːerʋo/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish palvelu-type nominals
- fi:Finnic mythology