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Verb

rauta

  1. inflection of rautar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rauta, borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *raudô (compare Old Norse rauði (hematite)) or Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (compare Latvian rūda (ore)), but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
  • Syllabification(key): rau‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): rau‧ta

Noun

rauta

  1. iron (metal; chemical element with the symbol Fe)
  2. (chiefly in compounds) tool made of iron (or of steel)
    sorkkarautacrowbar
    raastinrautagrater
    silitysrautaclothes iron
    vohvelirautawaffle iron
    1. (in the plural) Ellipsis of hammasraudat (braces).
  3. (in the plural) shackles, irons
    Synonym: kahleet
    panna rautoihinto iron (to shackle with irons)
    1. Ellipsis of käsiraudat ((hand)cuffs).
      panna rautoihinto (hand)cuff
    2. (figuratively, colloquial, in the plural) act of getting or state of being arrested (practically always used in locative cases; rautoihin and raudoissa)
      Varas pantiin rautoihin rikospaikalla.
      The burglar was arrested at the crime scene.
      NN on ollut raudoissa jo viikon.
      NN has been arrested for a week already.
  4. (in the plural) trap (heavy metal device designed to catch animals by catching hold of part of the body)
  5. (golf) iron (type of club)
    Synonym: rautamaila
  6. (weightlifting) iron
  7. (informal) ride (vehicle)
  8. (informal) hardware, military hardware
    rautaa rajallehardware to the border
  9. (computing, slang) hardware
    Synonym: laitteisto
  10. (colloquial, in the partitive singular) something that rocks, something that is great

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rauta. Cognates include Finnish rauta and Estonian raud.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑu̯t]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑu̯d̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t, -ɑu̯tɑ
  • Hyphenation: rau‧ta

Noun

rauta

  1. iron
  2. horseshoe
    hepoisen rautahorseshoe (literally, “horse's iron”)
    panna hepoista rautaato put horseshoes on a horse (literally, “to put a horse into iron”)
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:
      Mont naaglaa ono hepoisen ravvaas?
      How many nails are there on the horseshoe?
  3. barrel (of a gun)
    pyssyn rautagun barrel (literally, “gun's iron”)
  4. handle (of a door)
    uksen rautadoor handle (literally, “door's iron”)
  5. bit (part of a bridle)
    suitsiin rautabit (literally, “bridle's iron”)
  6. iron heel of a boot
    sappaan rautairon heel (literally, “boot's iron”)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, aut-avv gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 467

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rauta, from either Germanic or Balto-Slavic.

Noun

rauta (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. iron

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse rauta (to roar), derived from Proto-Germanic *reutaną (to cry, wail), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *HrewdH- (to weep), probably imitative. Cognate with Icelandic rauta, (dialectal) Swedish röta, and English rout#Etymology_4.

Verb

rauta (present tense rautar, past tense rauta, past participle rauta, passive infinitive rautast, present participle rautande, imperative rauta/raut)

  1. to moo (make a lowing sound)
    Synonyms: belja, drynja
  • raut n (a moo)

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