aurinkokuivata
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
aurinko (“sun”) + kuivata (“to dry”), back-formation from aurinkokuivattu (“sun-dried”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯riŋkoˌkui̯ʋɑtɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯riŋko̞ˌkui̯ʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -uiʋɑtɑ
- Syllabification(key): au‧rin‧ko‧kui‧va‧ta
Verb[edit]
aurinkokuivata
- to sun-dry
Usage notes[edit]
- This verb, as well as the English "sun-dry", is chiefly used of drying foodstuffs. For other items one would prefer the expression kuivata auringossa (“to dry in the sun”).
Conjugation[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “aurinkokuivata”, 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