löyly

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *leülü (compare Estonian leil), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewle (“spirit, soul”) (compare Northern Sami lievla, Komi-Permyak лов (lov), Udmurt лул (lul), Northern Khanty ԓыԓ (łył), Hungarian lélek (“soul, ghost”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈløy̯ly/, [ˈlø̞y̯ly] Rhymes: -øyly Syllabification(key): löy‧ly Hyphenation(key): löy‧ly === Noun === löyly the steam that rises from the sauna stove (kiuas) or the heat of the sauna (in the plural) sauna bath, sauna (act of taking a bath in a sauna) (figuratively) heat, pressure, intensity lisätä löylyä johonkin ― to turn up the heat on something lisätä löylyä mainoskampanjaan ― to turn up the heat on an advertising campaign (obsolete) synonym of henki (“spirit”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ロウリュ ==== See also ==== For a listing of sauna-related vocabulary, see list of meronyms in the Finnish entry for "sauna". === References === === Further reading === “löyly”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *leülü. Cognates include Finnish löyly and Estonian leil. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈløy̯ly/, [ˈlʲø̞y̯lʲy̥̆] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈløy̯ly/, [ˈlø̞y̯ly] Rhymes: -øy̯ly Hyphenation: löy‧ly === Noun === löyly steam from a stove, especially in a sauna ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 287