Kaleva
See also: kaleva
Finnish
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Finnic *kalëga (compare Estonian kalev, Karelian kaleva), and more distantly related to the first component in Northern Sami gállagasdolat. Alternatively, according to Heikkilä (2012), a North Germanic borrowing (from Late Proto-Norse *ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ (*χᵃléwaz)), akin to Old Norse Hlér.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKaleva
- An obscure giant in Finnish mythology.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 6:213-214:
- Joko ammuit Väinämöisen, / Kaotit Kalevan poian?
- Have you now shot Väinämöinen, / Killed the son of Kaleva?
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 6:213-214:
- a male given name taken into use after the publication of the Finnish national epic Kalevala; more popular in the form Kalevi
- 1937, Anni Swan, Ritvan suojatit, WSOY, published 1956, page 40:
- ―Minusta nimeni on hyvä sellaisenaan, vakuutti Ritva täyttäessään kupit kuohuvalla suklaalla. Isäni on vakuutusasiamies. En suinkaan tahtoisi sellaista nimeä kuin Kaleva tai Salama tai Suomi.
- ―I think my name is good as is, Ritva assured as she filled the cups with hot chocolate. My father is an insurance agent. I certainly wouldn't want a name like Kaleva or Salama or Suomi.
- 1981, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, Vuosisatani 1, SKS, published 1982, →ISBN, page 56:
- Etunimistäni oli Urhossa minusta vähän itsekehua ja pöyhkeilyä enkä minä siitä ole koskaan pitänyt. Mutta Kaleva on minusta aina ollut hyvin kaunis nimi.
- Out of my first names, I think Urho was always a bit boastful and flaunty, and I never particularly liked it. Kaleva on the other hand I thought was always a beautiful name.
- Finland's fifth-largest morning newspaper, published in Oulu.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Kaleva (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kaleva | Kalevat | |
genitive | Kalevan | Kalevoiden Kalevoitten Kalevojen | |
partitive | Kalevaa | Kalevoita Kalevoja | |
illative | Kalevaan | Kalevoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kaleva | Kalevat | |
accusative | nom. | Kaleva | Kalevat |
gen. | Kalevan | ||
genitive | Kalevan | Kalevoiden Kalevoitten Kalevojen Kalevain rare | |
partitive | Kalevaa | Kalevoita Kalevoja | |
inessive | Kalevassa | Kalevoissa | |
elative | Kalevasta | Kalevoista | |
illative | Kalevaan | Kalevoihin | |
adessive | Kalevalla | Kalevoilla | |
ablative | Kalevalta | Kalevoilta | |
allative | Kalevalle | Kalevoille | |
essive | Kalevana | Kalevoina | |
translative | Kalevaksi | Kalevoiksi | |
abessive | Kalevatta | Kalevoitta | |
instructive | — | Kalevoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- The given name Kaleva belongs to 47 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,156 more, making it overwhelmingly more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- Kaleva is the 1601st (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 536 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
edit- ^ Heikkilä, Mikko. Kaleva and his Sons from Kalanti – On the Etymology of Certain Names in Finnic Mythology
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