löyly
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *leülü, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewle (“spirit, soul”). Cognate with Estonian leil, Komi-Permyak лов (lov), Udmurt лул (lul), Northern Sami lievla and Hungarian lélek (“soul, ghost”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
löyly
- the steam that rises from the sauna stove (kiuas) or the heat of the sauna
- Löylyssä ei ole hyvä istua kerralla viittätoista minuuttia enempää.
- One shouldn't sit in the heat of the sauna for more than fifteen minutes at a time.
- Mennään takaisin löylyyn!
- Let's go back to the (heat of) sauna!
- 2011 July 23, “Hyvä löyly syntyy kivistä”, in YLE[1], retrieved 12 July 2018:
- Hyvää löylyä voi Pekka Tommilan mielestä kuvailla kymmenillä adjektiiveilla.
- According to Pekka Tommila, a good heat of a sauna can be described with dozens of adjectives.
- (in the plural) sauna bath, sauna (act of taking a bath in a sauna)
- Olipas hyvät löylyt!
- That was one good sauna bath!
- 2017 July 1, Anu Punkari, “Miltä tuntuvat löylyt maailman ainoassa maailmanpyöräsaunassa? MTV Uutiset mukana testaamassa”, in MTV[2], retrieved 12 July 2018:
- Miltä tuntuvat löylyt maailman ainoassa maailmanpyöräsaunassa?
- How does it feel like to take a sauna bath in the world's only Ferris wheel sauna?
- (figuratively) heat, pressure, intensity
- lisätä löylyä johonkin.
- to turn up the heat on something
- lisätä löylyä mainoskampanjaan
- to turn up the heat on an advertising campaign
- 2018 March 5, “Kiuasvalmistaja Harvia aikeissa hakea lisää löylyä pörssilistautumisella”, in Kaleva[3], retrieved 12 July 2018:
- Kiuasvalmistaja Harvia aikeissa hakea lisää löylyä pörssilistautumisella
- Sauna stove manufacturer Harvia intending to turn up the heat by listing on stock exchange
- (obsolete) spirit
Declension[edit]
Inflection of löyly (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | löyly | löylyt | |
genitive | löylyn | löylyjen | |
partitive | löylyä | löylyjä | |
illative | löylyyn | löylyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | löyly | löylyt | |
accusative | nom. | löyly | löylyt |
gen. | löylyn | ||
genitive | löylyn | löylyjen | |
partitive | löylyä | löylyjä | |
inessive | löylyssä | löylyissä | |
elative | löylystä | löylyistä | |
illative | löylyyn | löylyihin | |
adessive | löylyllä | löylyillä | |
ablative | löylyltä | löylyiltä | |
allative | löylylle | löylyille | |
essive | löylynä | löylyinä | |
translative | löylyksi | löylyiksi | |
instructive | — | löylyin | |
abessive | löylyttä | löylyittä | |
comitative | — | löylyineen |
Possessive forms of löyly (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | löylyni | löylymme |
2nd person | löylysi | löylynne |
3rd person | löylynsä |
Usage notes[edit]
- heittää löylyä, lyödä löylyä, lisätä löylyä : to throw water on the sauna stove in order to produce steam and increase the humidity in the sauna and the feeling of heat, the apparent temperature (in fact, the water's evaporation makes the temperature drop)
- Heittäisitkö vähän löylyä?
- Could you throw some water (on the stove)?
Compounds[edit]
compounds
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- For a listing of sauna-related vocabulary, see list of meronyms in the Finnish entry for "sauna".
References[edit]
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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