murtovarkaus

murtovarkaus

MEANING:

Noun: burglary.

DERIVED FROM:

Murtovarkaus is a compound term made from murto (“burglary” or ”the act of breaking”) +‎ varkaus (“theft”)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Murtovaras is a burglar.

turvallisuuskaavio

turvallisuuskaavio

MEANING:

Compound term: Safety chart, safety diagram.

DERIVED FROM:

Turvallisuuskaavio is a compound term made up of turvallisuus (”safety”) + kaavio (”diagram,” ”scheme” or ”chart.”)

vuorokausilippu

vuorokausilippu

Vuorokausilippu appears in our example in the adessive case, vuorokausilippulla, where here it means ”with a day ticket.”

MEANING:

Noun: day ticket.

DERIVED FROM:

Vuorokausilippu is a compound term made from ”vuorokausi” (”day”) and lippu (”ticket.”)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole phrase, ”Vuorokausilipulla näet kaiken,” or ”With a day ticket you can see everything.”

ehtoollinen

ehtoollinen

MEANING:

Noun: Communion, Holy Communion, Eucharist, supper, Lord’s Supper, etc.

DERIVED FROM:

Ehtoollinen comes from ehtoo (an archaic or poetic word meaning “evening”) + the suffix‎ –llinen (used here to form a noun indicating a moment).

häiritä

häiritä

MEANING:

Verb: to disturb, to bother, to bug.

Häiritä appears in our example in the 3rd person plural negative form, eivät häiritse.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole news story headline, Merivesi on lämpimimmillään, hyttyset eivät häiritse – 10 syytä lomailla elokuussa or ”The sea water is warmer, the mosquitoes do not disturb – 10 reasons to holiday in August.”

majakka

majakka

MEANING:

Noun: lighthouse.

DERIVED FROM:

Majakka comes from the Russian word маяк (maják).

vilkuttaa

vilkuttaa

MEANING:

Verb: to wave (especially a hand), to flash repeatedly (such as in signalling with a torch.)

RELATED WORDS:

Vilkkua means ”to twinkle.”

Vilkku is a ”flasher,” ”blinker” or ”turn signal.”

hattara

hattara

MEANING:

Noun: cotton candy (US), candy floss (UK), fairy floss (Australia).

DERIVED FROM:

A related term you might hear is pilvenhattara which means ”whisp of cloud” or ”cloudlet.” (Sometimes in English you also hear ”cotton candy clouds.”)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Surprisingly perhaps, machine-spun cotton candy was invented by a dentist.

tilava

tilava

MEANING:

Adjective: spacious, roomy.

Tilava appears in our example in the illative singular, tilavaan.

DERIVED FROM:

Tilava comes from tila (”space” or ”room”) + -va (a suffix used here to form an adjective from a noun.)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the billboard, Tilavaan Asokotiin pääset ilman isoa riskia or ”You get a spacious Asokotiin (where Asokodit is a company name which includes the word Finnish word for ”home” which basically means ”Aso Home”) without a big risk.”