havulaavu
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- A type of lean-to, a temporary shelter with a frame made of slender trees and a roof stacked of spruce twigs.
Etymology
Compound from Finnish havu (coniferous, spruce twig, twig of a conifer, especially of spruce, sprig branch of a coniferous tree, conifer twig) + Finnish laavu.
Origin
Finnish
laavu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avolaavu Finnish
- havu Finnish
- havukirves Finnish
- havuköynnös Finnish
- havumaja Finnish
- havumetsä Finnish
- havunneula Finnish
- havunneulanen Finnish
- havununna Finnish
- havupensas Finnish
- havupistiäinen Finnish
- havupuistohapero Finnish
- havupuu Finnish
- havusammal Finnish
- havuseppele Finnish
- havuttaa Finnish
- katajanhavu Finnish
- kuusenhavu Finnish
- laavu Finnish
- männynhavu Finnish
- umpilaavu Finnish
- *havu Proto-Finnic