Oulu

See also: Ōulù

English

Etymology

From Finnish Oulu.

Proper noun

Oulu

1. A city in northern Finland.
2. A town in Wisconsin, in the United States.
3. A lake in northern Finland.

Synonyms

• (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania (historical)

Translations

city in Finland

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧盧 / 奥卢 (zh) (Àolú)

• Danish: Oulu
• Finnish: Oulu (fi)
• German: Oulu (de)
• Greek: Όουλου (Óoulou)
• Polish: Oulu (pl) n
• Russian: О́улу m (Óulu)
• Swedish: Uleåborg (sv) n

lake in Finland

• Finnish: Oulujärvi (fi)
• Swedish: Ule träsk n

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”), a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (“waterway”). Alternatively, the aforementioned Samic term might be borrowed from Finnish, which would rather derive from another Samic term, *võvl(V), in turn from earlier *votl- (compare to the name of the Vodla river in Russia), perhaps a Paleo-European substrate borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oulu
• Hyphenation^(key): Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu

1. Oulu (the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Declension

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

Inflection of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Oulu	—
genitive		Oulun	—
partitive		Oulua	—
illative		Ouluun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oulu	—
accusative	nom.	Oulu	—
	gen.	Oulun
genitive		Oulun	—
partitive		Oulua	—
inessive		Oulussa	—
elative		Oulusta	—
illative		Ouluun	—
adessive		Oululla	—
ablative		Oululta	—
allative		Oululle	—
essive		Ouluna	—
translative		Ouluksi	—
abessive		Oulutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ouluni — accusative nom. Ouluni — gen. Ouluni genitive Ouluni — partitive Ouluani — inessive Oulussani — elative Oulustani — illative Ouluuni — adessive Oulullani — ablative Oulultani — allative Oululleni — essive Oulunani — translative Oulukseni — abessive Ouluttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Oulusi — accusative nom. Oulusi — gen. Oulusi genitive Oulusi — partitive Ouluasi — inessive Oulussasi — elative Oulustasi — illative Ouluusi — adessive Oulullasi — ablative Oulultasi — allative Oulullesi — essive Oulunasi — translative Ouluksesi — abessive Ouluttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oulumme — accusative nom. Oulumme — gen. Oulumme genitive Oulumme — partitive Ouluamme — inessive Oulussamme — elative Oulustamme — illative Ouluumme — adessive Oulullamme — ablative Oulultamme — allative Oulullemme — essive Oulunamme — translative Ouluksemme — abessive Ouluttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oulunne — accusative nom. Oulunne — gen. Oulunne genitive Oulunne — partitive Ouluanne — inessive Oulussanne — elative Oulustanne — illative Ouluunne — adessive Oulullanne — ablative Oulultanne — allative Oulullenne — essive Oulunanne — translative Ouluksenne — abessive Ouluttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Oulunsa — accusative nom. Oulunsa — gen. Oulunsa genitive Oulunsa — partitive Ouluaan Ouluansa — inessive Oulussaan Oulussansa — elative Oulustaan Oulustansa — illative Ouluunsa — adessive Oulullaan Oulullansa — ablative Oulultaan Oulultansa — allative Oululleen Oulullensa — essive Oulunaan Oulunansa — translative Oulukseen Ouluksensa — abessive Ouluttaan Ouluttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• oululainen

 

compounds

• Oulujoki
• Oulujärvi
• Oulunsalo

 

Polish

Oulu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Oulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔw.lu/
• Rhymes: -ɔwlu
• Syllabification: Ou‧lu

Proper noun

Oulu n (indeclinable)

1. Oulu (the capital city and municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

Further reading

• Oulu in PWN's encyclopedia