lastu

Finnish

Etymology

From lasta (“splint”), from Baltic.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: las‧tu
• IPA: [ˈlɑstu]

Noun

lastu

1. A shaving (thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material).
2. A chip (small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material, especially wood).
3. A chip (thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable or vegetable mass), usually in compound terms with a modifier which specifies the raw material: perunalastu.

Declension

Declension of lastu (type valo) singular plural nominative lastu lastut genitive lastun lastujen partitive lastua lastuja accusative lastu lastun lastut inessive lastussa lastuissa elative lastusta lastuista illative lastuun lastuihin adessive lastulla lastuilla ablative lastulta lastuilta allative lastulle lastuille essive lastuna lastuina translative lastuksi lastuiksi instructive – lastuin abessive lastutta lastuitta comitative – lastuineen

Derived terms

• lastuta
• perunalastu

Anagrams

• sulat, sulta

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: xuantun — 黃銅 (黄铜) [huáng tóng]
• English: bras — brass
• Spanish: laton — latón
• Russian: latun — латунь [latunʹ]
• Arabic: nuxas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlastu/

Gismu

lastu

1. brass; x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of brass [copper/zinc alloy] of composition including x2.

Related terms

• jinme
• ransu
• tunka