lauta

See also: Lauta and laŭta

Elfdalian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse lúta, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small”).

Verb

lauta (present laut, plural lautum, preterite lot or låt or lut, supine lutið, past participle lutin)

1. (neuter verb) lean

Conjugation

Conjugation of lauta — active

infinitive	lauta
present participle	lautend
supine	lutið
indicative	present	past
1st singular	laut	lot
2nd singular	laut	lot
3rd singular	laut	lot
1st plural	lautum	lotum
2nd plural	lautið	lotið
3rd plural	lauta	lotu
imperative	present
2nd singular	laut
1st plural	lautum
2nd plural	lautið

Derived terms

• lautänd

Estonian

Noun

lauta

1. partitive singular of laut
2. illative singular of laut

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta (compare Estonian laud (“table”)), most likely borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian plautas (“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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lau‧ta

Noun

lauta

1. board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)
2. board (long, wide and thin platform; the English translation is often board, but not necessarily always the other way around)

   šakkilauta ― chessboard

   silityslauta ― ironing board

   lainelauta ― surfboard

   lumilauta ― snowboard

   ponnahduslauta ― springboard

3. (colloquial, possibly derogatory) ironing board (a woman who has small breasts)
4. (in the plural, figurative) coffin

   Joku joutuu tätä vauhtia vielä lautoihin.

   If things keep going on like this, someone is going to end up six feet under.

Usage notes

• (timber): lauta is generally at least 75 mm wide and no more than 38 mm thick. Anything narrower is called rima, and anything thicker is lankku or parru.

Declension

Inflection of lauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		lauta	laudat
genitive		laudan	lautojen
partitive		lautaa	lautoja
illative		lautaan	lautoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lauta	laudat
accusative	nom.	lauta	laudat
	gen.	laudan
genitive		laudan	lautojen lautain rare
partitive		lautaa	lautoja
inessive		laudassa	laudoissa
elative		laudasta	laudoista
illative		lautaan	lautoihin
adessive		laudalla	laudoilla
ablative		laudalta	laudoilta
allative		laudalle	laudoille
essive		lautana	lautoina
translative		laudaksi	laudoiksi
abessive		laudatta	laudoitta
instructive		—	laudoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lautani lautani accusative nom. lautani lautani gen. lautani genitive lautani lautojeni lautaini rare partitive lautaani lautojani inessive laudassani laudoissani elative laudastani laudoistani illative lautaani lautoihini adessive laudallani laudoillani ablative laudaltani laudoiltani allative laudalleni laudoilleni essive lautanani lautoinani translative laudakseni laudoikseni abessive laudattani laudoittani instructive — — comitative — lautoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lautasi lautasi accusative nom. lautasi lautasi gen. lautasi genitive lautasi lautojesi lautaisi rare partitive lautaasi lautojasi inessive laudassasi laudoissasi elative laudastasi laudoistasi illative lautaasi lautoihisi adessive laudallasi laudoillasi ablative laudaltasi laudoiltasi allative laudallesi laudoillesi essive lautanasi lautoinasi translative laudaksesi laudoiksesi abessive laudattasi laudoittasi instructive — — comitative — lautoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lautamme lautamme accusative nom. lautamme lautamme gen. lautamme genitive lautamme lautojemme lautaimme rare partitive lautaamme lautojamme inessive laudassamme laudoissamme elative laudastamme laudoistamme illative lautaamme lautoihimme adessive laudallamme laudoillamme ablative laudaltamme laudoiltamme allative laudallemme laudoillemme essive lautanamme lautoinamme translative laudaksemme laudoiksemme abessive laudattamme laudoittamme instructive — — comitative — lautoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lautanne lautanne accusative nom. lautanne lautanne gen. lautanne genitive lautanne lautojenne lautainne rare partitive lautaanne lautojanne inessive laudassanne laudoissanne elative laudastanne laudoistanne illative lautaanne lautoihinne adessive laudallanne laudoillanne ablative laudaltanne laudoiltanne allative laudallenne laudoillenne essive lautananne lautoinanne translative laudaksenne laudoiksenne abessive laudattanne laudoittanne instructive — — comitative — lautoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lautansa lautansa accusative nom. lautansa lautansa gen. lautansa genitive lautansa lautojensa lautainsa rare partitive lautaansa lautojaan lautojansa inessive laudassaan laudassansa laudoissaan laudoissansa elative laudastaan laudastansa laudoistaan laudoistansa illative lautaansa lautoihinsa adessive laudallaan laudallansa laudoillaan laudoillansa ablative laudaltaan laudaltansa laudoiltaan laudoiltansa allative laudalleen laudallensa laudoilleen laudoillensa essive lautanaan lautanansa lautoinaan lautoinansa translative laudakseen laudaksensa laudoikseen laudoiksensa abessive laudattaan laudattansa laudoittaan laudoittansa instructive — — comitative — lautoineen lautoinensa

Derived terms

• laude
• laudoittaa
• laudus
• lautailla
• lautainen
• Lautala
• lautanen

 

compounds

• astinlauta
• harjalauta
• harjuslauta
• harrilauta
• hihalauta
• hikilaudat
• honkalauta
• hyppylauta
• ikkunalauta
• ilmalauta
• istuinlauta
• jukolauta
• juustolauta
• jätelauta
• jäälauta
• kalalauta
• karsikkolauta
• kattolauta
• kaulauslauta
• keinulauta
• kerinlauta
• kiikkulauta
• kimpilauta
• koelauta
• koivulauta
• kojelauta
• kuusilauta
• kynnyslauta
• käpälälauta
• lainelauta
• laskulauta
• lattialauta
• laudankappale
• laudanpätkä
• lauta-aita
• lautakasa
• lautakate
• lautakatto
• lautakeinu
• lautakunta
• lautalaskos
• lautalattia
• lautamies
• Lautamäki
• lautanauha
• lautaparketti
• lautapeli
• lautapoika
• lautapurjehdus
• lautaseinä
• lautatapuli
• lautatarha
• lautatavara
• lautaverhous
• lautavuoraus
• leikkuulauta
• leipälauta
• lintulauta
• lumilauta
• mäntylauta
• nurkkalauta
• otelauta
• otsalauta
• Ouija-lauta
• paneelilauta
• pelilauta
• penkkilauta
• perkuulauta
• perälauta
• pielilauta
• piirustuslauta
• pintalauta
• pohjalauta
• ponnahduslauta
• ponnistuslauta
• ponttilauta
• potkulauta
• purjelauta
• pyykkilauta
• päänaluslauta
• raakalauta
• rankalauta
• reunalauta
• rimalauta
• rullalauta
• ruodelauta
• ruokintalauta
• ruumislauta
• sakkilauta
• šakkilauta
• seinälauta
• selkälauta
• shakkilauta
• silityslauta
• skeittilauta
• surffauslauta
• surffilauta
• sähkölauta
• tammilauta
• tasapainolauta
• tuulilauta
• tynnyrilauta
• uimalauta
• ulkolauta
• vaakalauta
• varvaslauta
• vatsalauta
• verholauta
• vesilauta
• vuorauslauta
• vuorilauta

 

See also

• laude
• kakkosnelonen
• lankku
• rima
• sahatavara

Further reading

• “lauta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• aulat, laatu, latua, taula

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto laŭta, English loud, German laut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.ta/

Adjective

lauta

1. loud

Derived terms

• lauteskar

Ingrian

Lavvat (1).

Lauta (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Cognates include Finnish lauta and Estonian laud.

The sense "table" is a semantic loan from a Southern Finnic language, either Estonian laud or Votic lautõ.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈɫɑu̯t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈɫɑu̯d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t, -ɑu̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: lau‧ta

Noun

lauta

1. board
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63:

     Lapset laatiit lavvan.

     The children made a board.

2. desk, table
3. Short for noottalauta.

Declension

Declension of lauta (type 3/kana, aut-avv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lauta	lavvat
genitive	lavvan	lautoin
partitive	lautaa	lautoja
illative	lautaa	lautoi
inessive	lavvaas	lavvois
elative	lavvast	lavvoist
allative	lavvalle	lavvoille
adessive	lavvaal	lavvoil
ablative	lavvalt	lavvoilt
translative	lavvaks	lavvoiks
essive	lautanna, lautaan	lautoinna, lautoin
exessive1)	lautant	lautoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (table): kans, (dialectal) pöytä

Derived terms

• kultalauta
• lautain
• lautajalka
• lavvattaa
• maarilauta
• noottalauta
• punttalauta
• šaškalauta
• tammilauta
• vaskilauta

 

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лавта”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 689
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 252

Italian

Adjective

lauta

1. feminine singular of lauto

Latin

Participle

lauta

1. inflection of lautus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

lautā

1. ablative feminine singular of lautus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Laute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎuta/
• Hyphenation: la‧u‧ta

Noun

làuta f (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ута)

1. lute (stringed instrument)

   Synonyms: lèut, lútnja

Declension

Declension of lauta

	singular	plural
nominative	làuta	làute
genitive	làutē	làūtā
dative	làuti	làutama
accusative	làutu	làute
vocative	làuto	làute
locative	làuti	làutama
instrumental	làutōm	làutama