See also: Lauta and laŭta

Elfdalian edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. (neuter verb) lean

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Estonian edit

Noun edit

lauta

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

Finnish edit

 

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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)
    šakkilautachessboard
    silityslautaironing board
    lainelautasurfboard
    lumilautasnowboard
    ponnahduslautaspringboard
  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 edit

  • (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 edit

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
lautainrare
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
lautainirare
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
lautaisirare
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
lautaimmerare
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
lautainnerare
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
lautainsarare
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 edit

compounds

See also edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto laŭtaEnglish loudGerman laut.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lauta

  1. loud

Derived terms edit

Ingrian edit

 
Lavvat (1).
 
Lauta (2).

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 252

Italian edit

Adjective edit

lauta

  1. feminine singular of lauto

Latin edit

Participle edit

lauta

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

Participle edit

lautā

  1. ablative feminine singular of lautus

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From German Laute.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

làuta f (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ута)

  1. lute (stringed instrument)
    Synonyms: lèut, lútnja

Declension edit