juurakkopuhdistamo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
juurakko (“root system”) + puhdistamo (“treatment plant”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈjuːrɑkːoˌpuhdistɑmo/, [ˈjuːrɑ̝kːo̞ˌpuxdis̠ˌtɑ̝mo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑmo
- Syllabification(key): juu‧rak‧ko‧puh‧dis‧ta‧mo
Noun[edit]
juurakkopuhdistamo
- A type of onsite treatment facility for greywater consisting of a trench filled with porous material on top of which hygrophytes grow and consume nutrients from the sewage; known as resorption trench in some publications.
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “juurakkopuhdistamo”, 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 2023-07-02