#finnish words

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[ihavenofingerprints]

today's cool (at least in my opinion) finnish word of the day is: sanansaattaja

it means a messenger or a herald, but the literal translation would be something like "word escort" (and! the word 'saattaja' could even be translated as 'pallbearer', which i think gives it such cool connotations!)

the concept of a 'word escort' feels very solemn to me, and gives the job so much more weight. you are a messenger, an escort to the word that needs to be delivered, and it is your duty to ensure it is.

anyways, that's all i have to say here! I'd be happy to hear any thoughts anyone might have about this (or anything else! we love thoughts here)

[adventuresinlearningfinnish]

Word of the day is Puukkojunkkari

From puukko (“a type of knife”) +‎ junkkari (“punk”).

“a term used of troublemakers who were active in the Southern Ostrobothnia region of Finland in the 19th century. Fights among puukkojunkkaris were common, and often resulted in death. Puukkojunkkaris usually made trouble at weddings, stole horses and circulated among towns and villages.” From Wikipedia

This is Antti Rannanjärvi and Antti Isotalo, famous puukkojunkkaris. Just look at those chains! (Antti Isotalo was sentenced to fines, whipping, loss of honour and hard labour for 12 years)

I came across these characters after seeing a Facebook comment made by someone with the surname Isotalo, which I thought sounded funny:

From iso (“big”) +‎ talo (“house”)

But it is in fact a legitimate name!

[lightning-storm-studies]

Colors in Finnish - Värit

white - valkoinen

black - musta

blue - sininen

red - punainen

yellow - keltainen

orange - oranssi

green - vihreä

violet - violetti

pink - pinkki / valeanpunainen

brown - ruskea

gray - harmaa

silver - hopeinen

gold - kultainen

lilac - liila

teal - sinivihreä

purple - purppura

turquoise - turkoosi

cyan - syaani

magenta - magenta / aniliininpunainen

lime - limetinvihreä

fuchsia - fuksianpunainen

peach - persikanvärinen

azure - asuuri / taivaansininen

beige - beige / beesi

indigo - indigonsininen

creamy / cream-colored - kermanvärinen

cherry red - kirsikanpunainen

ashen / ash-gray - tuhkanharmaa

crimson - karmiininpunainen

auburn - punaruskea

emerald green - smaragdinvihreä

maroon - kastanjanruskea

light - vaalea (ex.: light yellow - vaaleankeltainen)

dark - tumma (ex.: dark brown - tummanruskea)

pastel - pastelli (ex.: pastel blue - pastellinsininen)

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