# Punkalaidun
## English
### Proper noun

Punkalaidun
* A municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland.

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

Originally the name of a river, from a compound *Punkalaitio, consisting of Old Norse bunga (“embankment, hill, elevation”) +‎ Proto-Norse [script needed] (*laidō, “route, way”). The latter half has later been folk-etymologically reinterpreted as laidun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuŋkɑˌlɑi̯dun/, [ˈpuŋkɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯dun]
* Rhymes: -ɑidun
* Hyphenation: Punka‧laidun

### Proper noun

Punkalaidun
* Punkalaidun (a municipality of Pirkanmaa, Finland)

#### Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Punkalaidun" is Punkalaitumella.
Possessive forms of Punkalaidun (Kotus type 33*F/kytkin, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Punkalaitumeni
accusative
nom.
Punkalaitumeni
gen.
Punkalaitumeni
genitive
Punkalaitumeni
partitive
Punkalaiduntani
inessive
Punkalaitumessani
elative
Punkalaitumestani
illative
Punkalaitumeeni
adessive
Punkalaitumellani
ablative
Punkalaitumeltani
allative
Punkalaitumelleni
essive
Punkalaitumenani
translative
Punkalaitumekseni
abessive
Punkalaitumettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Punkalaitumesi
accusative
nom.
Punkalaitumesi
gen.
Punkalaitumesi
genitive
Punkalaitumesi
partitive
Punkalaiduntasi
inessive
Punkalaitumessasi
elative
Punkalaitumestasi
illative
Punkalaitumeesi
adessive
Punkalaitumellasi
ablative
Punkalaitumeltasi
allative
Punkalaitumellesi
essive
Punkalaitumenasi
translative
Punkalaitumeksesi
abessive
Punkalaitumettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Punkalaitumemme
accusative
nom.
Punkalaitumemme
gen.
Punkalaitumemme
genitive
Punkalaitumemme
partitive
Punkalaiduntamme
inessive
Punkalaitumessamme
elative
Punkalaitumestamme
illative
Punkalaitumeemme
adessive
Punkalaitumellamme
ablative
Punkalaitumeltamme
allative
Punkalaitumellemme
essive
Punkalaitumenamme
translative
Punkalaitumeksemme
abessive
Punkalaitumettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Punkalaitumenne
accusative
nom.
Punkalaitumenne
gen.
Punkalaitumenne
genitive
Punkalaitumenne
partitive
Punkalaiduntanne
inessive
Punkalaitumessanne
elative
Punkalaitumestanne
illative
Punkalaitumeenne
adessive
Punkalaitumellanne
ablative
Punkalaitumeltanne
allative
Punkalaitumellenne
essive
Punkalaitumenanne
translative
Punkalaitumeksenne
abessive
Punkalaitumettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Punkalaitumensa
accusative
nom.
Punkalaitumensa
gen.
Punkalaitumensa
genitive
Punkalaitumensa
partitive
Punkalaiduntaan Punkalaiduntansa
inessive
Punkalaitumessaan Punkalaitumessansa
elative
Punkalaitumestaan Punkalaitumestansa
illative
Punkalaitumeensa
adessive
Punkalaitumellaan Punkalaitumellansa
ablative
Punkalaitumeltaan Punkalaitumeltansa
allative
Punkalaitumelleen Punkalaitumellensa
essive
Punkalaitumenaan Punkalaitumenansa
translative
Punkalaitumekseen Punkalaitumeksensa
abessive
Punkalaitumettaan Punkalaitumettansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* punkalaitumelainen

### References

* ↑ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN