mehujää

 mehujää

MEANING:

Noun: frozen juice or flavored water, an ice lolly, ice pop, popsicle.

DERIVED FROM:

Mehujää comes from mehu (”juice”) and jää (”ice”).

Mehujääpuikko which refers to a single serving of such where puikko means ”peg” or ”stick.”

nopeusrajoitus

 nopeusrajoitus

MEANING:

Noun: speed limit.

DERIVED FROM:

Nopeusrajoitus comes from nopeus (”velocity” or ”speed”) + rajoitus (”limit” or ”restriction”).

huppu

 huppu

MEANING:

Noun: hood (as in of a garment).

DERIVED TERM:

Huppari – hooded jacket, hoodie.

purkka

 purkka

Purkka appears in this example as part of a compound word, taskupurkka which means something like ”pocket gum.”

MEANING:

Noun: (colloquial) chewing gum, bubble gum.

DERIVED FROM:

Colloquial of purukumi, which comes from puru (”biting” or ”chewing”) +‎ kumi (”rubber”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the advertisement, Uusi taskupurkka! means ”New pocket gum.”

vuodesohva

 vuodesohva

MEANING:

Noun: sofa-bed, convertible sofa, sleep sofa.

DERIVED FROM:

Vuodesohva comes from vuode (bed) +‎ sohva (sofa).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Vuode is not a common word for bed. Sänky is heard more often. Vuode is a cognate of Estonian voodi, which means ”bed.”

kärsä

 kärsä

MEANING:

Noun: (elephant) trunk, (pig) snout, (insect) proboscis.

DERIVED FROM:

Probably from Northern Sami gærsse (“pig’s snout”). Variants include kirsu.

hiirenkorvat

 hiirenkorvat

MEANING:

Noun:  1. The new leaves of a tree that are about to unfold. 2. dogears (folded corner of a page in a book).

Hiirenkorvat is in the plural in our example. Hiirenkorva is the singular.

DERIVED FROM:

Hiirenkorvat literally means ”mouse ears.”

EXTRA CREDIT:

Koivut ovat jo hiirenkorvalla, ja muutaman päivän kuluttua ne ovat täydessä lehdessä means ”Birches are already budding, and a few days after they are in full leaf.”

johtaa

 johtaa

MEANING:

Verb: take, lead, show someone the way, etc. (Johtaa has many possible meanings, so check the sanakirja.org link for more.)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the advertisement caption, Valvomo varoittaa: Grillaaminen voi johtaa spontaaniin ilonpitoon or ”The control room warns: Grilling can lead to spontaneous merriment.”

kypärä

 kypärä

MEANING:

Noun: helmet, hardhat.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Pyöräilykypärä is a compound word specifically meaning ”bicycle helmet.”  But often you will see just kypärä by itself.

tuutulaulu

 tuutulaulu

MEANING:

Noun: lullaby.

Tuutulaulu appears in our example as part of the compound tuutulaulukirja which means ”lullaby book.”

DERIVED FROM:

Tuutulaulu comes from tuutia (“lull”) +‎ laulu (“song”)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Soiva tuutulaulukirja is part of a series of song books that play the music to the song with the push of a button to make it easier to sing along. It might translate as ”Sounding lullaby book.”