Appendix:Finnish palindromes

This appendix lists palindromes in Finnish.

List of palindromes

Words

10+ letters

• (25 letters) saippuakuppinippukauppias (“soap cup batch trader”)
• (25 letters) solutomaattimittaamotulos (“the measurement laboratory result for cell tomatoes”)
• (23 letters) saippuakalasalakauppias (“soapfish smuggler”). While the word is grammatically correct, soapfish (lutefisk gone bad) isn’t exactly a contraband.
• (19 letters) saippuakivikauppias (“saippuakivi vendor”) (saippuakivi is a type of stone; some argue that this is the longest palindrome that is both grammatically correct and sensible, and that could possibly be used in everyday speech, even though it isn't in practice)
• (16 letters) suomulottolumous (“a scale of lottery enchantment”)
• (15 letters) saippuakauppias (“soap vendor”) (perhaps the best known Finnish palindrome; the longest single word palindrome in the world that is in everyday use)
• (12 letters) lammassammal (“sheep moss”)
• (12 letters) sammallammas (“moss sheep”)
• (12 letters) taloussuolat (“household salts”)
• (10 letters) tavattavat – spellables
• (10 letters) tavuttuvat – syllablizables

9 letters

• autioitua (“to become deserted, uninhabited, desolate”)
• iskiaiksi – translative plural of iskias
• seimimies (“a manger man”)
• taiveviat (“joint faults”)

8 letters

• avattava (“openable”)
• isälläsi – on your father
• isässäsi – in your father
• isättäsi – without your father
• naakkaan – illative singular of naakka (“jackdaw”)
• niittiin – illative singular of niitti (“rivet”)
• oluttulo (“beer revenue”)
• syöppöys (“gluttony; excessive consumption”)
• tavaavat – spellers

7 letters

• naamaan – illative of naama (“face”)
• suuruus (“greatness, largeness”)
• sytytys (“ignition”)
• isinisi (“gramps”)
• ylähäly (“upper stir/noise”)

6 letters

• imaami (“imam”)
• isiisi – your father (isi) in allative case
• isääsi – your father in partitive case
• sammas (“thrush”)
• tammat (“mares”)
• tissit (“tits, boobs”)
• tullut – become (past active participle of tulla)
• tummut – you darken
• tunnut – you feel
• turrut – you are growing numb

5 letters

• ajaja – driver
• Anuna – essive of Anu, a female name
• isäsi – your father
• nahan – genitive of nahka (“leather”)
• navan – genitive of napa (“pole, navel”)
• nolon – genitive of nolo (“embarrassing”)
• noron – genitive of noro (“trickle”)
• nälän – genitive of nälkä (“hunger”)
• Oivio (surname)
• sadas (“hundredth”)
• Sokos (company name)
• takat – fireplaces
• tavat – habits
• telet – telecommunications
• tikit – stitches
• tilit – bank accounts
• tokot – gobies
• tukut – wholesalers
• turut – marketplaces

4 letters

• akka (“old woman, hag, crone”)
• alla (“below”)
• anna – imperative of antaa (give)
• Anna (female name)
• Ekke (male name)
• emme – we don’t
• enne (“omen”)
• ette – you don’t
• niin
• Okko (male name)
• otto (“taking, withdrawal (of money)”)
• Otto (male name)
• sees (“tranquillity”)
• siis (“therefore”)
• syys (“autumn”)
• teet – teas, you do/make
• tiit – golf tees
• ämmä – crone, also phonetics for letter M

3 letters

• ala (“area”)
• ara (“macaw”)
• ele (“gesture”)
• isi (“daddy”)
• olo (“feeling”)
• oro (“stallion”) (poetic)
• utu (“mist”)
• älä – don't

2 letters

• Ii (river and municipality in Pohjanmaa)
• uu (“hole, cavity”, rare)

Phrases

• Aasia riipii Raisaa "Asia bugs Raisa"
• Aatto - saa taas ottaa "It's eve, it's time of drink again"
• Aatu futaa! "Aatu kicks!" (alternatively: Aatu rocks! or Aatu kicks ass!)
• Aatu osaa soutaa "Aatu can row"
• Ai! Miksi akku tukka iski, Mia?: "Ouch! Why did battery hair strike me, Mia?"
• Aino kaataa konia "Aino is felling the nag"
• Aino, stop: otsonia ! Aino, stop - its ozone out there!"
• Ajaja naisasian: naisasianajaja "The advocate of women's issue: female barrister"
• Akin omi Monika "Aki was owned by Monika"
• Alaoksalla mallaskoala "Malt koala on lower branch"
• Alavin ei lie Nivala "Nivala (county in Pohjanmaa) isn't the most plateau-ish?"
• Aleksilla kallis kela "Aleksi's fishing reel is expensive"
• Alle sata satsia maista satasella "Get to taste less than 100 sets by a hundred bill"
• Alli pamautti vittua mapilla "Alli slammed the cunt with a folder"
• Alla kiusaa jakajaa suikalla "Alla teases the dealers with a kepi"
• Allia niistät Siinailla "Sneezing Alli at Sinai"
• Aloha oe, Leo Ahola (actually in Hawaiian; Leo Ahola is a Finnish name)
• Aloite:: pese peti, Ola! "Initiative: cleanse the bunk, Ola!"
• Amurissa hiipii Hassi ruma "Ugly Hassi stalks in Amuri" (This is a VERY politically incorrect joke - it refers to Green party Euro-MP Satu Hassi and district Amuri in Tampere, where she lives)
• Ana, kanna kana: "Ana, carry the chicken"
• Anna, Enok, sytytyskone, anna! "Give me the detonator, Enok, will you!"
• Anna ne! En anna! "Gimme those! No, I won't!"
• Anomus: oo sumona "Proposal: be a sumo"
• Alpo, kasaa Asa-kopla "Alpo, get the Asa gang together!"
• Aparaattia haittaa rapa "The apparatus is slowed down by mud"
• Asa, Marimekko, SOK, Kemira, Masa (a list of Finnish corporations)
• Atte-kumiorava, varo imuketta!: "Rubber squirrel Atte, beware the cigarette holder!"
• Atte vanno: on navetta "Atte swore: it's a cowsty"
• Aukustille ei lie ellit sukua? "You chicks ain't related to Aukusti, are you?"
• Auta, satuta Satua "Help, hurt Satu"
• Autoradalta tapatat Lada-rotua "You get the Lada-people slain at racetrack"
• Avut noutaa Aatu ontuva "Limping Aatu retrieves the aides"
• Ei Vääksy yskää vie: "[Visiting] Vääksy won't cure cough"
• Elli, luu huulille* "Elli, get the bone on your lips"
• Epävakaa, raaka Väpe "Unstable and brutal Väpe" (Note: väpe is short from vääpeli, staff sergeant).
• Halla iski - miksi, Allah? "Frost struck - why, Allah?"
• Hupaisa asia, Puh. "Funny thing, Pooh"
• Ikävä käräjä; räkäväki "Nasty lawsuit; snotty people
• Ile, makaa kameli "Go sleep with a camel, Ile"
• Iloitsee ori, vapaa maapa Viro - Eesti oli "Happy is the stud, as free country again Viro (Estonia) was"
• Innostunut sonni: "eager bull"
• Isorikas sika sökösakissa kirosi: "A filthy rich pig cursed in a stud poker gang"
• Isyys! Iloitkaamme? Emma, akti oli syysi!: "Fatherhood! Delighted to hear that? Emma, the intercourse was all your fault!"
• Kas, kisaaja ajaa siksak! "See, the contestant is driving zigzag!"
• Kääkättää Pete päättä: "Kääk!" "Quacks Pete without head: Quack!"
• Melko siisti vitsi, iso Klem "Quite a neat joke, Big Klem"
• Motellista fiksu kuski Fatsille. Tom! "Get Daddy-O a smart driver from the motel. Tom!"
• Motivaatiot toi Taavi, Tom "Motivation brought by Taavi and Tom"
• Naamat hohtamaan! "Let's get the faces shiny!".
• Naku sika haki sukan: "Naked pig get a sock"
• Napostelet sopan "You sip the soup"
• Neekeriväki siivosi, ilo oli iso, viisi kävi rekeen.: "The negro folk cleaned up, there was much joy, five went into the sleigh." (Note that this might not be politically correct any more.)
• Neito sotien: "The lady of the wars"
• Nelli kusi sukillen "Nelli peed on her socks"
• Neulo taas, saat oluen "Sew again, please - you'll get a beer"
• Niiloni, Sinatra pani aina partani Sinoliin "Oh my Niilo, Sinatra dipped my beard always in Sinol"
• Niilo, pirtu Tripoliin "Niilo, get the moonshine to Tripoli!"
• Nipottavat tapattavat Topin "Nit-pickers will get Topi killed"
• Nisumaa oli isäsi ilo aamusin "Wheatfield was your dad's joy on mornings
• No, ajokkirikkoja on "Well, there are damaged vehicles"
• No Allah, halla on: "Well, Allah, it's frost."
• No, Oiva avioon! "Okay, let's get Oiva married"
• Nunna, hyvä sinisävy Hannun "Nun, see how nice blue shade has Hannu"
• Nuuka, taas Kamu maksaa takuun "Cheapskate, again your Pal will pay the bail"
• Oi Dario, soi radio! "Oh Dario, hear the radio!" (alternatively "Oh Dario, plays the radio")
• Olat ravista, natsivartalo "Shake your shoulders, nazi-body"
• Olet isä, äläpä käpälääsi telo "You're father, so don't get your paw maimed"
• Oli nunna Hannun ilo "The nun wasw Hannu's joy"
• Ollako vai ei, avokallo? "To be or not, crackskull?"
• Onassis, sano! "Say, Onassis!"
• Risoiko Tokio, Sir ? "Did Tokyo bug you, Sir?"
• Sakari-rakas "Dear Sakari"
• Siestat seis ! "Quit having those siestas NOW!"
• Suruasussa hassu saurus "Funny saurian in mourning dress"
• Säkylän Oili on älykäs "Oili of Säkylä is intelligent"
• Tanu maalasi salaa munat: "Tanu painted the eggs in secrecy"
• Teetin Ellulle niteet "I had the books made for Ellu"
• Teit tiet "You made the roads"
• Tillikassa kapakassa killit "Lads in the Tillikka bar" (a famous restaurant in Tampere)
• Tillikassa killit "Lads in Tillikka"
• Timantit otit, otit namit "The diamonds you took, you took the sweets"
• Tissit, tosi isot tissit: "Boobs, very big boobs"
• Tunisian akka nai sinut "The Tunisian broad will marry you"
• Äiti, en iske seksineitiä "Mom, I won't pick the sex-lass"

See also

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