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lasku.

descent, fall, an instance of descending or moving lower down, sliding down a hill, landing of an airplane etc.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑsku/[ˈlɑ̝s̠ku]
  1. descent, fall, an instance of descending or moving lower down, sliding down a hill, landing of an airplane etc.

    viemäriputken lasku metriä kohden
    pehmeä lasku
  2. lowering, putting down

    seppeleen lasku
  3. decline, decrease

    viiden prosentin lasku
  4. letting (allowing movement or flow)

    veden lasku hanasta
  5. bill, invoice, check

    luoda uusi lasku
    Saisimmeko laskun?
  6. counting (act of counting, or determining the number of)

    pisteiden lasku
  7. calculation, computation

    liukulukulasku
  8. landing

    suorittaa lasku
  9. setting, descending below the horizon

    kuun lasku
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *lasku. Equivalent to laskea (“to lower, put down; to move down, come down, descend; to count, calculate”) + -u.

noun/ˈlɑsku/[ˈlɑ̝s̠ku]
  1. flagon, flask (Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Central Finland, Savonia, North Karelia, South Karelia)

    dialectal
  2. can, jug, milk churn (Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Uusimaa, South Ostrobothnia, Lapland)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

< Old Swedish flaska

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