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Finnish Compound Words #1

Try to guess what these Finnish words mean with the help of their literal translation.
Check also Finnish Compound Words #2
Quiz by Sander99
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Last updated: October 26, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 15, 2022
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Finnish
Literal Translation
English
aamupala
morning piece
breakfast
hammasraudat
tooth irons
braces
huulipuna
lip red
lipstick
jääkaappi
ice closet
refrigerator
lentokone
flying machine
airplane
linja-auto
line car
bus
liukuportaat
slide stairs
escalator
lohikäärme
salmon snake
dragon
omakotitalo
own home house
detached house
palapeli
piece game
jigsaw puzzle
polkupyörä
pedaling wheel
bicycle
riippumatto
hanging mat
hammock
rintaliivit
breast vests
bra
sanakirja
word book
dictionary
sukellusvene
dive boat
submarine
sulkapallo
feather ball
badminton
taskulamppu
pocket lamp
torch, flashlight
tietokone
knowledge machine
computer
ukonilma
old man's weather
thunderstorm
vedenkeitin
water boiler
(electric) kettle
JTK84
+1
Level 51
Jan 15, 2022
Nice quiz! Should have rintaliivit before hammasraudat so that the answer does not appear automatically. Also, I think Ukko was some sort of god of the sky and not old man in this context.
Sander99
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Level 44
Jan 15, 2022
Thanks for your comment! I didn't want to change the alphabetical order, so I added the yellow box. And you're right about Ukko, but I think it's fine since it's just the literal meaning (also many don't know about the mythology and "god of thunder's weather" would be too easy).
cuotak
+3
Level 67
Jan 15, 2022
Interesting. In many ways this is similar to Chinese.
Mikasuomi
+2
Level 49
Jan 16, 2022
Kiitos!

Learning English as a child, it was normal to translate these words exactly this way from Finnish to English. It lead to surprises, which showed that the logic of languages is not always the same, but sometimes is, like with word "washing machine".

I remember when I was about 10 years old and tried to translate the word meaning German Shepherd, "saksanpaimenkoira". I used dictionary to translate it part by part. The result was more complex than "Germany's shepherd dog", which would be 1:1, but I don't remember, why.

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