21 November 2013

Kuuraiset / Frosty



Tropiikissa tuntemattomampia: ★ kohme ★ kuura ★ huurre ★ routa ★ loska ★ sohjo ★ nuoska ★ tuisku ★ vihma ★ tykkylumi ★ puuterilumi ★ kinos ★ nietos ★ hanki ★ pakkanen ★ halla ★ kide ★ pyry ★ tupruttaa ★ myräkkä ★ räntä...

Here in the tropics these Finnish words/concepts for cold things are mainly unknown or at least useless. For example "nuoska" means that kind of (more wet) snow of which you can make snowballs. Google tried to translate some of the words: rime, frost, slush, snowstorm, brooms, heavy snow, powder, snowdrift, fog, crystal, cold, flake, puff, blizzard, sleet...

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