Muurame

Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal muurame (“cloudberry”) or a variant of maamuurain (“arctic raspberry”), referring to the berries found in the area. The village has also been known as Muranjärvi, Murame and Muratjärvi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːrɑme/, [ˈmuːrɑ̝me̞]
• Rhymes: -uːrɑme
• Hyphenation^(key): Muu‧ra‧me

Proper noun

Muurame

1. A municipality near Jyväskylä in central Finland.
2. A Finnish furniture manufacturer.

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Muurame" is Muuramessa.

Inflection of Muurame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Muurame	—
genitive		Muuramen	—
partitive		Muuramea	—
illative		Muurameen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Muurame	—
accusative	nom.	Muurame	—
	gen.	Muuramen
genitive		Muuramen	—
partitive		Muuramea	—
inessive		Muuramessa	—
elative		Muuramesta	—
illative		Muurameen	—
adessive		Muuramella	—
ablative		Muuramelta	—
allative		Muuramelle	—
essive		Muuramena	—
translative		Muurameksi	—
abessive		Muurametta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Muurame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Muurameni — accusative nom. Muurameni — gen. Muurameni genitive Muurameni — partitive Muurameani — inessive Muuramessani — elative Muuramestani — illative Muurameeni — adessive Muuramellani — ablative Muurameltani — allative Muuramelleni — essive Muuramenani — translative Muuramekseni — abessive Muuramettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Muuramesi — accusative nom. Muuramesi — gen. Muuramesi genitive Muuramesi — partitive Muurameasi — inessive Muuramessasi — elative Muuramestasi — illative Muurameesi — adessive Muuramellasi — ablative Muurameltasi — allative Muuramellesi — essive Muuramenasi — translative Muurameksesi — abessive Muuramettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Muuramemme — accusative nom. Muuramemme — gen. Muuramemme genitive Muuramemme — partitive Muurameamme — inessive Muuramessamme — elative Muuramestamme — illative Muurameemme — adessive Muuramellamme — ablative Muurameltamme — allative Muuramellemme — essive Muuramenamme — translative Muurameksemme — abessive Muuramettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Muuramenne — accusative nom. Muuramenne — gen. Muuramenne genitive Muuramenne — partitive Muurameanne — inessive Muuramessanne — elative Muuramestanne — illative Muurameenne — adessive Muuramellanne — ablative Muurameltanne — allative Muuramellenne — essive Muuramenanne — translative Muurameksenne — abessive Muuramettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Muuramensa — accusative nom. Muuramensa — gen. Muuramensa genitive Muuramensa — partitive Muurameaan Muurameansa — inessive Muuramessaan Muuramessansa — elative Muuramestaan Muuramestansa — illative Muurameensa — adessive Muuramellaan Muuramellansa — ablative Muurameltaan Muurameltansa — allative Muuramelleen Muuramellensa — essive Muuramenaan Muuramenansa — translative Muuramekseen Muurameksensa — abessive Muuramettaan Muuramettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

• The singular partitive may also be Muurametta, however this is not recognized by Kotus.

Derived terms

• muuramelainen

 

Descendants

• → English: Muurame
• → Swedish: Muurame

See also

• Muurame

References

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