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Sonkajärvi

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Finnish

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Etymology

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sonka +‎ järvi, possibly from Sami (either Inari Sami sogge (far inside corner of a building) or Northern Sami čoaggi (lump)), although this is not certain.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsoŋkɑˌjærʋi/, [ˈs̠o̞ŋkɑ̝ˌjærʋi]
  • Rhymes: -ærʋi
  • Hyphenation(key): Sonka‧järvi

Proper noun

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Sonkajärvi

  1. A municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland.
  2. (rare) a Finnish surname

Declension

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The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Sonkajärvi" is Sonkajärvellä.

Inflection of Sonkajärvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative Sonkajärvi Sonkajärvet
genitive Sonkajärven Sonkajärvien
partitive Sonkajärveä Sonkajärviä
illative Sonkajärveen Sonkajärviin
singular plural
nominative Sonkajärvi Sonkajärvet
accusative nom. Sonkajärvi Sonkajärvet
gen. Sonkajärven
genitive Sonkajärven Sonkajärvien
partitive Sonkajärveä Sonkajärviä
inessive Sonkajärvessä Sonkajärvissä
elative Sonkajärvestä Sonkajärvistä
illative Sonkajärveen Sonkajärviin
adessive Sonkajärvellä Sonkajärvillä
ablative Sonkajärveltä Sonkajärviltä
allative Sonkajärvelle Sonkajärville
essive Sonkajärvenä Sonkajärvinä
translative Sonkajärveksi Sonkajärviksi
abessive Sonkajärvettä Sonkajärvittä
instructive Sonkajärvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sonkajärvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Sonkajärvi
  • Swedish: Sonkajärvi

Statistics

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  • The surname Sonkajärvi belongs to 32 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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