auringon polttama

auringon polttama

MEANING:

Phrase: sunburn

DERIVED FROM:

Auringon polttama comes from auringon (”of the sun”) + polttama (participial agent of the verb polttaa meaning ”to burn”).

 

voikukka

 voikukka

MEANING:

Noun: dandelion

DERIVED FROM:

Voikukka comes from voi ‎(“butter”) +‎ kukka ‎(“flower”).

 

suurennuslasi

suurennuslasi

MEANING:

Noun: magnifying glass.

DERIVED FROM:

Suurennuslasi comes from suurennus (”magnification”) + lasi (”glass”).

 

rullaluistimet

rullaluistimet

MEANING:

Noun: (plural of rullaluistin) roller skates, rollerblades.

DERIVED FROM:

Rullaluistimet comes from rulla (”rolling”) + luistimet (”skates”).

 

hyppiä

hyppiä

MEANING:

Verb: To jump (repeatedly), hop.

DERIVED FROM:

Hyppiä is the continuative aspect of the verb hypätä.

 

melu

 melu

MEANING:

Noun: noise, racket, row, clamor, ballyhoo.

 

kirjoituskone

 kirjoituskone

MEANING:

Noun: typewriter

DERIVED FROM:

Kirjoituskone comes from kirjoitus (”the act of writing”) + kone (”machine”).

 

hopea

 hopea

MEANING:

Noun: silver.

Hopea appears in our example  in the adessive singular, hopealla.

DERIVED FROM:

Hopea comes from Proto-Finnic *hopeda. Cognate with Estonian hõbe.

EXTRA CREDIT:

The Finnish Lions took the silver medal in the 2016 IIHF Hockey World Championship.

penkki

 penkki

MEANING:

Noun: bench

DERIVED FROM:

Penkki comes from Swedish bänk.

 

huipputapaaminen

 huipputapaaminen

MEANING:

Noun: summit (meeting)

Huipputapaaminen appears in our example in the plural, huipputapaamiset.

DERIVED FROM:

Huipputapaaminen comes from huippu (”top,” ”peak” or ”summit”) + tapaaminen (meeting, appointment, gathering, rendezvous, get-together)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Let’s translate the whole headline, Soini haluaa Pohjoismaiden ja USA:n huipputapaamiset perinteeksi or ”Soini wants the Nordic countries and the US summit meetings to be a tradition.”