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Taivalkoski

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Finnish

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Etymology

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taival +‎ koski, originally given to rough rapids (the verb taivaltaa in some dialects can mean "to pull a boat over an isthmus or around rapids").[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯ʋɑlˌkoski/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯ʋɑ̝lˌko̞s̠k̟i]
  • Rhymes: -oski
  • Hyphenation(key): Taival‧koski

Proper noun

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Taivalkoski

  1. (uncountable) A municipality in northern Ostrobothnia, Finland.
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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  • (municipality): The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Taivalkoski" is Taivalkoskella.
Inflection of Taivalkoski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative Taivalkoski Taivalkosket
genitive Taivalkosken Taivalkoskien
partitive Taivalkoskea Taivalkoskia
illative Taivalkoskeen Taivalkoskiin
singular plural
nominative Taivalkoski Taivalkosket
accusative nom. Taivalkoski Taivalkosket
gen. Taivalkosken
genitive Taivalkosken Taivalkoskien
partitive Taivalkoskea Taivalkoskia
inessive Taivalkoskessa Taivalkoskissa
elative Taivalkoskesta Taivalkoskista
illative Taivalkoskeen Taivalkoskiin
adessive Taivalkoskella Taivalkoskilla
ablative Taivalkoskelta Taivalkoskilta
allative Taivalkoskelle Taivalkoskille
essive Taivalkoskena Taivalkoskina
translative Taivalkoskeksi Taivalkoskiksi
abessive Taivalkosketta Taivalkoskitta
instructive Taivalkoskin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Taivalkoski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Taivalkoski
  • Swedish: Taivalkoski

Statistics

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  • The surname Taivalkoski belongs to 140 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