Saimaa

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. The original nominative was Saimas as part of Saimas wesi, Saimas selkä (1646). Possibly connected with the Sami endonym *sāmē. Alternatively from an unknown substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑi̯mɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝i̯mɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑimɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): Sai‧maa

Proper noun

Saimaa

1. The largest lake of Finland, and fourth in Europe.

Declension

Inflection of Saimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)
nominative		Saimaa	—
genitive		Saimaan	—
partitive		Saimaata	—
illative		Saimaaseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Saimaa	—
accusative	nom.	Saimaa	—
	gen.	Saimaan
genitive		Saimaan	—
partitive		Saimaata	—
inessive		Saimaassa	—
elative		Saimaasta	—
illative		Saimaaseen	—
adessive		Saimaalla	—
ablative		Saimaalta	—
allative		Saimaalle	—
essive		Saimaana	—
translative		Saimaaksi	—
abessive		Saimaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Saimaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Saimaani — accusative nom. Saimaani — gen. Saimaani genitive Saimaani — partitive Saimaatani — inessive Saimaassani — elative Saimaastani — illative Saimaaseeni — adessive Saimaallani — ablative Saimaaltani — allative Saimaalleni — essive Saimaanani — translative Saimaakseni — abessive Saimaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Saimaasi — accusative nom. Saimaasi — gen. Saimaasi genitive Saimaasi — partitive Saimaatasi — inessive Saimaassasi — elative Saimaastasi — illative Saimaaseesi — adessive Saimaallasi — ablative Saimaaltasi — allative Saimaallesi — essive Saimaanasi — translative Saimaaksesi — abessive Saimaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Saimaamme — accusative nom. Saimaamme — gen. Saimaamme genitive Saimaamme — partitive Saimaatamme — inessive Saimaassamme — elative Saimaastamme — illative Saimaaseemme — adessive Saimaallamme — ablative Saimaaltamme — allative Saimaallemme — essive Saimaanamme — translative Saimaaksemme — abessive Saimaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Saimaanne — accusative nom. Saimaanne — gen. Saimaanne genitive Saimaanne — partitive Saimaatanne — inessive Saimaassanne — elative Saimaastanne — illative Saimaaseenne — adessive Saimaallanne — ablative Saimaaltanne — allative Saimaallenne — essive Saimaananne — translative Saimaaksenne — abessive Saimaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Saimaansa — accusative nom. Saimaansa — gen. Saimaansa genitive Saimaansa — partitive Saimaataan Saimaatansa — inessive Saimaassaan Saimaassansa — elative Saimaastaan Saimaastansa — illative Saimaaseensa — adessive Saimaallaan Saimaallansa — ablative Saimaaltaan Saimaaltansa — allative Saimaalleen Saimaallensa — essive Saimaanaan Saimaanansa — translative Saimaakseen Saimaaksensa — abessive Saimaattaan Saimaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• Saima
• saimaanhylje
• saimaannieriä
• saimaannorppa
• Saimi
• Suur-Saimaa

 

Anagrams

• maasai