Kotus.
The Institute for the Languages of Finland: a governmental linguistic research institute geared toward studies, and standardization of languages used in Finland, i.e. Finnish, Swedish (Finland Swedish), the Sami languages, the Romani language, and Finnish Sign Language (Kotus is the official short/abbreviated form of the name).
Meaning & usage
The Institute for the Languages of Finland: a governmental linguistic research institute geared toward studies, and standardization of languages used in Finland, i.e. Finnish, Swedish (Finland Swedish), the Sami languages, the Romani language, and Finnish Sign Language (Kotus is the official short/abbreviated form of the name).
The Finnish Language Office (Kielitoimisto), the body officially prescribing Standard Finnish, and a department of the aforementioned institute.
Where this word comes from
Derived from the full Finnish name of the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Kotimaisten (“of domestic”) kielten (“of languages”) keskus (“center”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.