MEANING:
Noun: calculator, pocket calculator.
DERIVED FROM:
Laskin comes from laskea (“to count, calculate”) + -in (used here to form an inanimate instrumental noun from a verb.)
Arkistot kuukauden mukaan: heinäkuu 2015
sideharso
vetäytyä
Vetäytyä appears in our example in the 3rd person singular, vetäytyy.
MEANING:
Verb: to retreat; to withdraw, to pull out.
DERIVED FROM:
Vetäytä comes from vetää (“to draw, drag”) + -ytyä
EXTRA CREDIT:
Let’s translate the whole headline, ”Neil Young vetäytyy suoratoistopalveluista” or ”Neil Young withdraws from streaming service.” The news article cites Young’s claim that the music quality of streaming services is poor.
kumpparit
MEANING:
Noun: (informal, plural) rubber boots, pair of wellies.
DERIVED FROM:
Kumpparit comes from kumisaappaat.
EXTRA CREDIT:
The formal equivalent is kumisaappaat, which means ”Wellington boots” or ”rubber boots.”
pora
leikkaus
ajan tasalla
MEANING:
Adverb (phrase): up to date, updated, posted.
DERIVED FROM:
Ajan tasalla comes from ajan (“of the time”) + tasalla (a postposition meaning ”at the level of” or ”abreast”).
”Pidän teidät ajan tasalla tilanteen kehityksestä” means ”I’ll keep you posted about new developments.”
EXTRA CREDIT:
Ajantasainen is the adjectival equivalent, meaning ”up-to-date.”
yksi kerrallaan
MEANING:
Phrase: one at a time.
DERIVED FROM:
Yksi means ”one.”
Kerrallaan is the adessive singular form of kerta (which means ”time”) + 3rd person possessive suffix -an.
koppi
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MEANING:
Noun: a small hut or cell; doghouse (koirankoppi); booth, as in puhelinkoppi (”phone booth”), or as our example pusukoppi (”kissing booth”).
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