teekkari

teekkari

MEANING:

Noun:  A person studying for the degree of diplomi-insinööri in a university, a tech student or a student of technology.

DERIVED FROM:

Teekkari is the slang version of tekniikan ylioppilas.

 

patsas

 patsas

MEANING:

Noun: statue.

This pictures is of a statue of Kyösti Kallio.

 

järjestetty

järjestetty

MEANING:

Adjective: organized.

DERIVED FROM:

Järjestetty comes from (the past passive participle of) the verb järjestää which means ”to organize.”

 

auringonlasku

 auringonlasku

MEANING:

Noun: sunset, sundown.

DERIVED FROM:

Sunset is auringonlasku, which literally means ”the sun’s descent.” You may recognize the second part of the word, ”lasku” as the same word you use when you ask for ”the bill” in Finnish. When you say ”Saiskinko laskun” (”May I have the bill”), one way of thinking about it might be that you are asking ”what is the decrease” going to be for you.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Sunrise is auringonnoussu.

henkselit

 henkselit

MEANING:

Noun: (plural only) suspenders (US); braces (UK)

 

purppura

 purppura

MEANING:

Adjective and noun: purple.

You will also see violetti, which means ”violet” or ”purple.”

 

väkkärä

väkkärä

MEANING:

Noun: toy waterwheel; pinwheel (toy: flower-like propeller attached to a stem; the flower spins round in the wind)

 

huuhdella

 huuhdella

MEANING:

Verb: to flush, to rinse, to wash (as in to wash quickly with water and no soap.)

DERIVED FROM:

Huuhdella comes from from huuhtoa (”to wash” or ”to rinse”) +‎ -ella (used to form frenquentative verbs).

 

rummut

 rummut

MEANING:

Noun (plural): drums.

DERIVED FROM:

Rumpu is singular.

EXTRA CREDIT:

A drum set like the one pictured is also called rumpusetti.

Someone who plays the drums is called rumpali, or ”a drummer.”

karitsa

 karitsa

MEANING:

Noun: lamb (a young sheep)

 

EXTRA CREDIT:

”Maijall’ oli karitsa” is the Finnish name of the children’s song, ”Mary Had a Little Lamb.”