lastu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lastu, equivalent to lasta (“splint”) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstu/, [ˈlɑs̠t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɑstu
• Syllabification^(key): las‧tu

Noun

lastu

1. shaving (thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
2. chip (small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material, especially wood)
3. chip (thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable or vegetable mass; usually in compound terms with a modifier which specifies the raw material)
4. short story
5. (electronics) die (oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer)

Declension

Inflection of lastu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		lastu	lastut
genitive		lastun	lastujen
partitive		lastua	lastuja
illative		lastuun	lastuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lastu	lastut
accusative	nom.	lastu	lastut
	gen.	lastun
genitive		lastun	lastujen
partitive		lastua	lastuja
inessive		lastussa	lastuissa
elative		lastusta	lastuista
illative		lastuun	lastuihin
adessive		lastulla	lastuilla
ablative		lastulta	lastuilta
allative		lastulle	lastuille
essive		lastuna	lastuina
translative		lastuksi	lastuiksi
instructive		—	lastuin
abessive		lastutta	lastuitta
comitative		—	lastuineen

Possessive forms of lastu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lastuni	lastumme
2nd person	lastusi	lastunne
3rd person	lastunsa

Derived terms

• lastuta

Compounds

compounds

• haapalastu
• haavanlastu
• höylänlastu
• lastuaukko
• lastukasa
• lastukokoelma
• lastukori
• lastulevy
• lastu-ura
• lastuvakka
• lastuvilla
• mantelilastu
• metallilastu
• perunalastu
• puulastu
• sorvinlastu

Anagrams

• sulat, sulta

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lastu. Related to Finnish lastu and Estonian laast.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstu/, [ˈɫɑs̠tŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstu/, [ˈɫɑʃtu]
• Rhymes: -ɑstu
• Hyphenation: las‧tu

Noun

lastu

1. chip (of wood)

Declension

Declension of lastu (type 4/koivu, st-ss gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lastu	lassut
genitive	lassun	lastuin, lastuloin
partitive	lastua	lastuja, lastuloja
illative	lastuu	lastui, lastuloihe
inessive	lassuus	lastuis, lastulois
elative	lassust	lastuist, lastuloist
allative	lassulle	lastuille, lastuloille
adessive	lassuul	lastuil, lastuloil
ablative	lassult	lastuilt, lastuloilt
translative	lassuks	lastuiks, lastuloiks
essive	lastunna, lastuun	lastuinna, lastuloinna, lastuin, lastuloin
exessive1)	lastunt	lastuint, lastuloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 251

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lastu

1. accusative singular of lasta