etelä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *etelä (“south, southwest”) (compare Estonian edel (“southwest”)). Equivalent of esi- (“front”) +‎ -lä, named so because dwellings tended to be built facing south (as that is where the sun shines from at noon in northern Europe). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈetelæ/, [ˈe̞t̪e̞læ] Rhymes: -etelæ Syllabification(key): e‧te‧lä Hyphenation(key): ete‧lä === Noun === etelä south ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== pohjoinen ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points: [edit] ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “etelä”, 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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === eletä, leetä == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *etelä. Cognates include Finnish etelä and Estonian edel. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈetelæ/, [ˈe̞te̞ˑlʲ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeteːlæ/, [ˈe̞tˑe̝ːlæ] Rhymes: -etel, -eteːlæ Hyphenation: e‧te‧lä === Noun === etelä (dated or poetic) synonym of länsilounat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 37