luonnonoikku

 luonnonoikku

MEANING:

Noun: freak of nature.

DERIVED FROM:

Luonnonoikku comes from luonnon (”of nature”) + oikku (”quirk,” ”whim,” ”fancy,” ”freak”).

sermi

 sermi

MEANING:

Noun: folding screen, partition, screen.

ennakkoluuloton

 ennakkoluuloton

MEANING:

Adjective: open-minded, unprejudiced.

DERIVED FROM:

Ennakkoluuloton comes from ennakkoluulo (”prejudice”) + the suffix –ton (”-less”).

yökyöpeli

 yökyöpeli

Yökyöpeli appears in our example in the plural, yökyöpelit.

MEANING:

Noun: nighthawk, night owl (person who stays up late in the night).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Opposite is aamuvirkku (”early bird,” ”early riser,” ”person who gets up early in the morning).

röntgenkuva

 röntgenkuva

MEANING:

Noun: x-ray, x-ray photograph

DERIVED FROM:

Röntgenkuva comes from röntgen– (“pertaining to X-rays”) + kuva (”photograph”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Röntgenlaite is an x-ray machine (where laite means ”apparatus” or ”device.”)

riikinkukko

 riikinkukko

MEANING:

Noun: peacock, peafowl.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Riikinruotsi refers to the Swedish that is spoken in Sweden versus the Swedish that is spoken in Finland.

jalkajakkara

 jalkajakkara

MEANING:

Noun: footstool.

DERIVED FROM:

Jalkajakkara comes from jalka (”foot” or ”leg”) plus jakkara (”stool”).

rae

 rae

MEANING:

Noun: hailstone, hail.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Related words, phrases:

• raesade – hailstorm.
• rakeet -hail (plural of rae).
• sataa rakeita = it is hailing. (Rakeita is the partitive plural of rae.)

esiliina

 esiliina

MEANING:

Noun: apron, chaperone.

DERIVED FROM:

Esiliina comes from esi– (a prefix meaning pre or fore) plus liina (”cloth” or ”linen”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

The colloquial equivalent of esiliina is essu.

äänestys

 äänestys

MEANING:

Noun: vote, voting, ballot, polling, etc. (the process of voting).

DERIVED FROM:

Äänestys comes from äänestää (”to vote”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

See also äänestäjä (”voter”).