outolintu

 outolintu

MEANING:

Compound term: strange bird, odd bird, nutcase.

DERIVED FROM:

Outo means ”strange” and lintu means ”bird.”

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole phrase, USA:lle Suomi on outolintu, or ”For the USA, Finland is a strange bird.”

totuus

 totuus

MEANING:

Noun: the truth.

DERIVED FROM:

Totuus comes from tosi (”the truth,” ”reality,” or ”the real thing”) + –uus (a suffix used to form nouns from adjectives, or used to express a quality.)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole phrase, ”Totuus tulee julkkisten lasten suusta” or ”The truth comes from the mouth of (celebrities’) children.”

sateenkaari

 sateenkaari

MEANING:

Noun: rainbow.

DERIVED FROM:

Sateenkaari comes from sateen (”rain”) + kaari (”arc,” ”curve” or ”bow”).

tiski

 tiski

MEANING:

Noun: bar, counter; (colloquial) dishes (dirty containers, utensils etc. to be washed after eating).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Some compound words made with tiski:

• baaritiski – bar counter
• myyntitiski – sales counter
• tiskikone – dishwasher (machine)
• tiskin alta – (phrase) ”under the counter”
• vastaanottotiski – reception desk

kammata

 kammata

MEANING:

Verb: to comb.

DERIVED FROM:

Kammata comes from kamma– (the weak stem of kampa) + –ta.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Kampa is a noun meaning ”a comb.”

Kampaamo is a hairdresser or barbershop

vesiputous

 vesiputous

MEANING:

Noun: waterfall.

DERIVED FROM:

Vesiputous is a compound term made from vesi (”water”) +‎ putous (”fall” or ”drop”)

häpeä

 häpeä

MEANING:

Noun: shame, disgrace, stigma.

RELATED WORDS:

Some related words to  häpeä:

• häpeällinen (adjective) – shameful, disgraceful
• hävetä (verb) – to be ashamed of
• häpy (noun) – in anatomy, genitalia or vulva. Also a synonym for ”shame.”  When used as a modifier in compound words, it is often translated as ”pubic.”

 

unohtua

 unohtua

MEANING:

Verb: To be/get/become forgotten.

DERIVED FROM:

Unohtua is the passive aspect of the verb unohtaa (”to forget.”)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole phrase, Jos se on tärkeää, älä anna sen unohtua or ”If it’s important, don’t let it be forgotten.”

kiihtyä

 kiihtyä

MEANING:

Verb: to accelerate, to get excited, to become agitated, to escalate.

Kiihtyä appears in our example in the 3rd person singular form, kiihtyy. (Ale kiihtyy might translate as ”sale picks up” or ”sale accelerates.”

EXTRA CREDIT:

Some synonyms:

• laajentua (vähitellen) – ”to escalate,” ”to expand gradually”
• yltyä – (of wind) ”to rise,” (of speed) ”to increase,” (of pain, war, etc) ”to intensify,” (of war, violence) ”to escalate.”
• eskaloitua – to escalate

pystyyn

 pystyyn

MEANING:

Adverb: into an upright position.

DERIVED FROM:

Pystyyn is the illative case singular case of the root pysty– (a prefix meaning ”upright” or ”erect.”) The cases of pysty– serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate some of the advertisment, Käsi pystyyn kaikki, jotka eivät halu maksaa omien rahojensa käytöstä or ”Hand up everyone who doesn’t want to pay to use his own money.”

Some phrases with pystyyn:

• haukkua pystyyn – To tell off, haul over the coals, give hell to, give a piece of one’s mind to.
• nousta pystyyn – To get up.
• panna pystyyn – To put up, to arrange.