lounas
Finnish
(index lo)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lounas, stem variant of *louna, from Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna (“day, midday”). Cognates include Karelian lounat (“evening/main meal”), Veps louna, Votic lõunaz (“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; in earlier text and dialects lounas may mean either south, southwest or southeast. Compare lounatuuli (“southern wind”). [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlou̯nɑs/, [ˈlo̞u̯nɑs̠]
- Hyphenation: lou‧nas
Declension
| Inflection of lounas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| partitive | lounasta | lounaita | |
| inessive | lounaassa | lounaissa | |
| elative | lounaasta | lounaista | |
| illative | lounaaseen | lounaisiin lounaihinrare | |
| adessive | lounaalla | lounailla | |
| ablative | lounaalta | lounailta | |
| allative | lounaalle | lounaille | |
| essive | lounaana | lounaina | |
| translative | lounaaksi | lounaiksi | |
| instructive | — | lounain | |
| abessive | lounaatta | lounaitta | |
| comitative | — | lounaineen | |
Antonyms
- (southwest) koillinen
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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