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talo.

house (building meant to serve as a human abode)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑlo/[ˈt̪ɑ̝lo̞]

  1. house (building meant to serve as a human abode)

  2. building

    broadly · in-compounds

  3. farm, homestead

  4. house, household (the people living in a house)

  5. company, especially one that manufactures or supplies something

    in-compounds
    lihatalo

  6. workplace, e.g. company or public agency, house

    informal

  7. ellipsis of taloyhtiö (“housing company”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · informal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *taloi (“farm; house”), of disputed further origin. Cognates include Estonian talu (“farm”); Northern Sami dállu (“house; farm”) is a Finnic loan.

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