MEANING:
Plural noun (colloquial): glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles.
DERIVED FROM:
Rillit comes from Swedish brillor (“spectacles”) < brilla, a lens made of beryll (“beryl”), sometimes used as visual aid before glass lenses were available.
EXTRA CREDIT:
You will also hear the more formal silmälasit which means the same thing.
MEANING:
Noun: sheet (a bedsheet).
DERIVED FROM:
Lakana probably comes from Old Swedish lakan, from Middle Low German.
MEANING:
Noun: emergency duty, on call duty, duty, service.
Note: Signs that read Päivystys are placed above the entrances of hospital emergency rooms.
DERIVED FROM:
Päivystys comes from päivystää, which means ”to be on call.”
MEANING:
Noun: adventure.
EXTRA CREDIT:
Let’s translate the whole movie slogan, ”Huurteinen seikkailu” or ”Frosty adventure.
Huurteinen is an adjective that means ”frosty,” as in ”having frost on itself.”
As a noun, huurteinen is colloquial for ”a cold beer.”
MEANING:
Noun: sleeping bag.
DERIVED FROM:
Makuupussi comes from makuu (which means ”sleeping,” when used as a prefix, otherwise it’s a noun referring to the act of ”lying down”) + pussi (”bag”).
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