lounas

== Finnish == === Etymology === Proto-Finnic *louna +‎ -as, from Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna (“day, midday”). Cognates include Karelian lounat (“evening/main meal”), Veps louna, Votic lõunõd (“south, lunch”), Estonian lõuna (“south, lunch”) and Komi-Permyak лун (lun). Permic cognates have the meaning "day", whereas Baltic-Finnic cognates denote the direction where the Sun is at midday or the meal eaten at midday. The compass point meaning was clarified in the 19th century and inverted compared to Estonian: southwest is lounas in Finnish and edel in Estonian, while south is etelä in Finnish and lõuna in Estonian. In older texts and dialects, lounas may mean either south, southwest or southeast. Compare lounatuuli (“southern wind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlou̯nɑs/, [ˈlo̞u̯nɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -ounɑs Syllabification(key): lou‧nas Hyphenation(key): lou‧nas === Noun === lounas southwest lunch ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (southwest) koillinen ==== Coordinate terms ==== compass points: [edit] ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “lounas”, 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 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === suolan