sumutorvi

 sumutorvi

MEANING:

Noun: foghorn.

DERIVED FROM:

Sumutorvi comes from sumu (”fog” or ”mist”) + torvi (”horn”).

 

lehtikaali

 lehtikaali

MEANING:

Noun: kale, collard greens.

DERIVED FROM:

Lethtikaali comes from lehti ‎(“leaf”) +‎ kaali ‎(“cabbage”).

 

tammipeli

 tammipeli

MEANING:

Noun: checkers (game).

 

shakki

 shakki

MEANING:

Noun: chess, and (in chess) ”check.”

 

nuolla

 nuolla

MEANING:

Verb: (transitive) To lick.

 

kontata

 kontata

MEANING:

Noun: to crawl, to crawl on all fours.

 

hiilari

 hiilari

MEANING:

Noun: carb, carbohydrate.

DERIVED FROM:

Corruption of hiilihydraatti; compare English carb.

 

päiväntasaus

päiväntasaus

MEANING:

Noun: (Calendar term) equinox

DERIVED FROM:

Päiväntasaus comes from päivän ‎(“of the day”) +‎ tasaus ‎(“equalization”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Today is kevätpäiväntasaus, the spring equinox. An equinox is an astronomical event in which the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun, and day and night are approximately equal all over the planet.

karttapallo

 karttapallo

MEANING:

Noun: a globe (a spherical map.)

DERIVED FROM:

Karttapallo comes from kartta ‎(“map”) +‎ pallo ‎(“sphere”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

Compare kattapallo (”a globe”) to maapallo, which means ”the globe” as in the entire planet earth.

 

neliapila

 neliapila

MEANING:

Noun: four-leaf clover.

DERIVED FROM:

Neliapila comes from neli- ‎(“four-”) +‎ apila ‎(“clover”).