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Toukola

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Finnish

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Etymology

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touko +‎ -la. The neighborbood in Helsinki is either a translation of Swedish Majstad (in which maj (May) was instead originally the name Maj) or more likely a reference to a nearby meadow on which the local students held a spring festival every May (note that May in Finnish is toukokuu).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtou̯kolɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞u̯ko̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oukolɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Tou‧ko‧la

Proper noun

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Toukola

  1. a Finnish surname
  2. A neighborhood of Helsinki

Declension

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Inflection of Toukola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Toukola Toukolat
genitive Toukolan Toukoloiden
Toukoloitten
partitive Toukolaa Toukoloita
illative Toukolaan Toukoloihin
singular plural
nominative Toukola Toukolat
accusative nom. Toukola Toukolat
gen. Toukolan
genitive Toukolan Toukoloiden
Toukoloitten
Toukolain rare
partitive Toukolaa Toukoloita
inessive Toukolassa Toukoloissa
elative Toukolasta Toukoloista
illative Toukolaan Toukoloihin
adessive Toukolalla Toukoloilla
ablative Toukolalta Toukoloilta
allative Toukolalle Toukoloille
essive Toukolana Toukoloina
translative Toukolaksi Toukoloiksi
abessive Toukolatta Toukoloitta
instructive Toukoloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Toukola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Toukolani Toukolani
accusative nom. Toukolani Toukolani
gen. Toukolani
genitive Toukolani Toukoloideni
Toukoloitteni
Toukolaini rare
partitive Toukolaani Toukoloitani
inessive Toukolassani Toukoloissani
elative Toukolastani Toukoloistani
illative Toukolaani Toukoloihini
adessive Toukolallani Toukoloillani
ablative Toukolaltani Toukoloiltani
allative Toukolalleni Toukoloilleni
essive Toukolanani Toukoloinani
translative Toukolakseni Toukoloikseni
abessive Toukolattani Toukoloittani
instructive
comitative Toukoloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Toukolasi Toukolasi
accusative nom. Toukolasi Toukolasi
gen. Toukolasi
genitive Toukolasi Toukoloidesi
Toukoloittesi
Toukolaisi rare
partitive Toukolaasi Toukoloitasi
inessive Toukolassasi Toukoloissasi
elative Toukolastasi Toukoloistasi
illative Toukolaasi Toukoloihisi
adessive Toukolallasi Toukoloillasi
ablative Toukolaltasi Toukoloiltasi
allative Toukolallesi Toukoloillesi
essive Toukolanasi Toukoloinasi
translative Toukolaksesi Toukoloiksesi
abessive Toukolattasi Toukoloittasi
instructive
comitative Toukoloinesi

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.

Statistics

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  • Toukola is the 4370th (tied with 24 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 169 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