lounas
Finnish
editEtymology
editProto-Finnic *louna + -as, from Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna (“day, midday”). Cognates include Karelian lounat (“evening/main meal”), Veps louna, Votic lõunõd (“south, lunch”), Estonian lõuna (“south, lunch”) and Komi-Permyak лун (lun). Permic cognates have the meaning "day", whereas Baltic-Finnic cognates denote the direction where the Sun is at midday or the meal eaten at midday.
The compass point meaning was clarified in the 19th century and inverted compared to Estonian: southwest is lounas in Finnish and edel in Estonian while south is etelä in Finnish and lõuna in Estonian. In earlier text and dialects lounas may mean either south, southwest or southeast. Compare lounatuuli (“southern wind”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlounas
Declension
editInflection of lounas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lounas | lounaat | ||
genitive | lounaan | lounaiden lounaitten | ||
partitive | lounasta | lounaita | ||
illative | lounaaseen | lounaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lounas | lounaat | ||
accusative | nom. | lounas | lounaat | |
gen. | lounaan | |||
genitive | lounaan | lounaiden lounaitten lounasten rare | ||
partitive | lounasta | lounaita | ||
inessive | lounaassa | lounaissa | ||
elative | lounaasta | lounaista | ||
illative | lounaaseen | lounaisiin lounaihin rare | ||
adessive | lounaalla | lounailla | ||
ablative | lounaalta | lounailta | ||
allative | lounaalle | lounaille | ||
essive | lounaana | lounaina | ||
translative | lounaaksi | lounaiksi | ||
abessive | lounaatta | lounaitta | ||
instructive | — | lounain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Antonyms
edit- (southwest) koillinen
Coordinate terms
edit- (compass points)
luode | pohjoinen | koillinen |
länsi | itä | |
lounas | etelä | kaakko |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “lounas”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -as
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ounɑs
- Rhymes:Finnish/ounɑs/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- fi:Compass points
- fi:Meals