lauta.
board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)
Meaning & usage
board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)
board (long, wide and thin platform; the English translation is often board, but not necessarily always the other way around)
šakkilauta
silityslauta
ironing board (a woman who has small breasts)
coffin
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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