lauta

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • A board long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber.
  • An element in many compound words, where the English equivalent is "board" (The Finnish equivalent for "board" may also be taulu or levy). These compounds can be shortened to plain lauta, if there is no danger of confusion.
  • (colloquial) A woman who has small breasts.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *lauta derived from Proto-Germanic *flauþī.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*flauþī

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