tonttupaja

Noun (compound word):

Tonttupaja refers to ”elves workshop” or  what’s often called ”Santa’s workshop.”

It comes from ”tonttu” which means elf (in this case, one of Santa’s helpers), and ”paja” which means 1. smithy, forge, 2. workshop or 3. (slang) workplace.

You might hear ”Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun” to mean ”I spent the whole weekend at work.”

lykätä

Verb (transitive):

1. to postpone, reschedule, procrastinate, defer
2. to push

In our example, lykätä appears in the 3rd person past tense lykkäsi.

”Pääministeri lykkäsi brexit-äänestystä” can be translated as ”The Prime Minister postponed the Brexit vote.”

kuoro

Noun: choir

DERIVED FROM:

Kuoro comes from a Germanic language, compare Swedish kör.