Luopioinen

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly ultimately derived from luoda, which could also mean "(of ice) to thaw, (of water) to flood". This could have been the source of a lake name *Luopia, *Luopioinen, after which the town was then named.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯pioi̯nen/, [ˈluo̞̯piˌo̞i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -oinen
• Hyphenation^(key): Luo‧pi‧oi‧nen

Proper noun

Luopioinen

1. A former municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland; now part of Pälkäne.
2. A village in the municipality of Pälkäne.

Declension

Inflection of Luopioinen (type 38/nainen) singular plural nominative Luopioinen – genitive – Luopioisten partitive Luopioista Luopioisia accusative Luopioinen Luopioisen – inessive – Luopioisissa elative – Luopioisista illative – Luopioisiin adessive – Luopioisilla ablative – Luopioisilta allative – Luopioisille essive – Luopioisina translative Luopioiseksi Luopioisiksi abessive – Luopioisitta instructive – Luopioisin comitative – Luopioisineen

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Luopioinen" is Luopioisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.