Puumala

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Etymology

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From Puuma- +‎ -la; possibly from a Karelian vernacular form of Russian Памфил (Pamfil).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːmɑlɑ/, [ˈpuːmɑ̝lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uːmɑlɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Puu‧ma‧la

Proper noun

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Puumala

  1. A municipality of Southern Savonia, Finland.
  2. a Finnish surname

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 Puumala" is Puumalassa.

Inflection of Puumala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Puumala Puumalat
genitive Puumalan Puumaloiden
Puumaloitten
partitive Puumalaa Puumaloita
illative Puumalaan Puumaloihin
singular plural
nominative Puumala Puumalat
accusative nom. Puumala Puumalat
gen. Puumalan
genitive Puumalan Puumaloiden
Puumaloitten
Puumalain rare
partitive Puumalaa Puumaloita
inessive Puumalassa Puumaloissa
elative Puumalasta Puumaloista
illative Puumalaan Puumaloihin
adessive Puumalalla Puumaloilla
ablative Puumalalta Puumaloilta
allative Puumalalle Puumaloille
essive Puumalana Puumaloina
translative Puumalaksi Puumaloiksi
abessive Puumalatta Puumaloitta
instructive Puumaloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Puumala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Puumalani Puumalani
accusative nom. Puumalani Puumalani
gen. Puumalani
genitive Puumalani Puumaloideni
Puumaloitteni
Puumalaini rare
partitive Puumalaani Puumaloitani
inessive Puumalassani Puumaloissani
elative Puumalastani Puumaloistani
illative Puumalaani Puumaloihini
adessive Puumalallani Puumaloillani
ablative Puumalaltani Puumaloiltani
allative Puumalalleni Puumaloilleni
essive Puumalanani Puumaloinani
translative Puumalakseni Puumaloikseni
abessive Puumalattani Puumaloittani
instructive
comitative Puumaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Puumalasi Puumalasi
accusative nom. Puumalasi Puumalasi
gen. Puumalasi
genitive Puumalasi Puumaloidesi
Puumaloittesi
Puumalaisi rare
partitive Puumalaasi Puumaloitasi
inessive Puumalassasi Puumaloissasi
elative Puumalastasi Puumaloistasi
illative Puumalaasi Puumaloihisi
adessive Puumalallasi Puumaloillasi
ablative Puumalaltasi Puumaloiltasi
allative Puumalallesi Puumaloillesi
essive Puumalanasi Puumaloinasi
translative Puumalaksesi Puumaloiksesi
abessive Puumalattasi Puumaloittasi
instructive
comitative Puumaloinesi

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Puumala
  • Swedish: Puumala

Statistics

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  • Puumala is the 1560th (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 549 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) “Puumalainen”, in Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN