juurakkopuhdistamo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]juurakko (“root system”) + puhdistamo (“treatment plant”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjuːrɑkːoˌpuhdistɑmo/, [ˈjuːrɑ̝kːo̞ˌpuxdis̠ˌtɑ̝mo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑmo
- Hyphenation(key): juu‧rakko‧puhdis‧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