lauta

See also: Lauta and laŭta

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

Verb

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

  1. (neuter verb) lean
Conjugation

Derived terms

  • lautänd

Finnish

Etymology

An Indo-European loanword from either Baltic or Germanic, compare eg. Lithuanian plautas (“shelf”), Old Norse flauta (“crossbeam in sleigh”). The word has also been loaned to the other Baltic-Finnic languages, e.g. Estonian laud (“table”), as well as the Samic languages, e.g. Skolt Sami lu´vdd (“plank; float for seine”)

Noun

lauta

  1. A board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber).
  2. 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.
    šakkilauta (“chessboard”)
    silityslauta (“ironing board”)
    lainelauta (“surfboard”)
    lumilauta (“snowboard”)
    ponnahduslauta (“springboard”)
  3. (colloquial) A woman who has small breasts.

Usage notes

  • As sawn timber, lauta is generally at least 75 mm (3") wide and no more than 38 mm (1,5") thick. Anything narrower is called rima, and anything thicker is lankku or parru.

Declension

Inflection of lauta (Kotus type 9/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
instructive — laudoin
abessive laudatta laudoitta
comitative — lautoineen

See also

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto laŭta, from German laut.

Adjective

lauta

  1. loud

Derived terms

Ingrian

Noun

lauta

  1. board
  2. desk

Italian

Adjective

lauta

  1. feminine singular of lauto

Latin

Participle

lauta

  1. nominative feminine singular of lautus
  2. nominative neuter plural of lautus
  3. accusative neuter plural of lautus
  4. vocative feminine singular of lautus
  5. nominative neuter plural of lautus

lautā

  1. ablative feminine singular of lautus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Laute.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

làuta f (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ута)

  1. lute (stringed instrument)

Declension

Synonyms

Votic

Noun

lauta (genitive lavvaa, partitive [please provide])

  1. board, plank
  2. table

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • "lauta" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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