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lauta.

board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑu̯tɑ/[ˈlɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
  1. board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)

  2. board (long, wide and thin platform; the English translation is often board, but not necessarily always the other way around)

    šakkilauta
    silityslauta
  3. ironing board (a woman who has small breasts)

    colloquial · derogatory · possibly
  4. coffin

    figuratively · in-plural
    Joku joutuu tätä vauhtia vielä lautoihin.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *lauta (compare Estonian laud (“table”)), most likely borrowed from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá (compare Latvian plàukts, Lithuanian plaũtas (“shelf”)), or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *flauþī (compare Norwegian Nynorsk flauta (“crossbeam in sleigh”)). The word has also been borrowed into Samic (compare Skolt Sami luʹvdd (“plank; float for seine”)).

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