# Oulu
## English
### Etymology

From Finnish Oulu.

### Proper noun

Oulu
* A municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
* A town in Wisconsin, United States.
* A lake in northern Finland.

#### Synonyms

* (lake): Oulujarvi, Cajania (historical)

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Probably from the dialectal term oulu (“floodwater”), a Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *oalē (“waterway”). Alternatively, the aforementioned Samic term might be borrowed from Finnish, which would rather derive from another Samic term, *võvl(V), in turn from earlier *votl- (compare to the name of the Vodla river in Russia), perhaps a Paleo-European substrate borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈou̯lu/, [ˈo̞u̯lu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oulu
* Hyphenation: Ou‧lu

### Proper noun

Oulu
* Oulu (a municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

#### Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Oulu" is Oulussa.
Possessive forms of Oulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ouluni
accusative
nom.
Ouluni
gen.
Ouluni
genitive
Ouluni
partitive
Ouluani
inessive
Oulussani
elative
Oulustani
illative
Ouluuni
adessive
Oulullani
ablative
Oulultani
allative
Oululleni
essive
Oulunani
translative
Oulukseni
abessive
Ouluttani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oulusi
accusative
nom.
Oulusi
gen.
Oulusi
genitive
Oulusi
partitive
Ouluasi
inessive
Oulussasi
elative
Oulustasi
illative
Ouluusi
adessive
Oulullasi
ablative
Oulultasi
allative
Oulullesi
essive
Oulunasi
translative
Ouluksesi
abessive
Ouluttasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oulumme
accusative
nom.
Oulumme
gen.
Oulumme
genitive
Oulumme
partitive
Ouluamme
inessive
Oulussamme
elative
Oulustamme
illative
Ouluumme
adessive
Oulullamme
ablative
Oulultamme
allative
Oulullemme
essive
Oulunamme
translative
Ouluksemme
abessive
Ouluttamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oulunne
accusative
nom.
Oulunne
gen.
Oulunne
genitive
Oulunne
partitive
Ouluanne
inessive
Oulussanne
elative
Oulustanne
illative
Ouluunne
adessive
Oulullanne
ablative
Oulultanne
allative
Oulullenne
essive
Oulunanne
translative
Ouluksenne
abessive
Ouluttanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oulunsa
accusative
nom.
Oulunsa
gen.
Oulunsa
genitive
Oulunsa
partitive
Ouluaan Ouluansa
inessive
Oulussaan Oulussansa
elative
Oulustaan Oulustansa
illative
Ouluunsa
adessive
Oulullaan Oulullansa
ablative
Oulultaan Oulultansa
allative
Oululleen Oulullensa
essive
Oulunaan Oulunansa
translative
Oulukseen Ouluksensa
abessive
Ouluttaan Ouluttansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* oululainen
* Oulujoki
* Oulujärvi
* Oulunsalo

### References

* ↑ Janne Saarikivi: Oulu-nimen etymologia / "Etymology of the name Oulu"
* ↑ Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomeen suuntautuneiden nimistövirtausten monimuotoisuus. Muinaistutkija 1/2021. p. 28–30

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Oulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔw.lu/
* Rhymes: -ɔwlu
* Syllabification: Ou‧lu

### Proper noun

Oulu n (indeclinable)
* Oulu (a municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland)

### Further reading

* Oulu in PWN's encyclopedia