Containers in Finnish

So many different words for containers! Do you know what's the difference between these eight words:

1. aski
2. rasia
3. tölkki
4. purkki
5. paketti
6. laatikko
7. kotelo
8. pakkaus

Litran jäätelöpaketti. Kuva: K-ruoka.fi

Containers in Finnish and in English

Aski

Aski is a small cardboard box, often containing matches, (tulitikkuaski) salmiakki or cigarettes (tupakka-aski). 

Rasia

Rasia can be of made of any material. I'd say that the most common rasia in a Finnish household is pakasterasia, a plastic freezing container. Pillerirasia is a pill box, korurasia is a jewellery box. 

Tölkki

Tölkki is usually a metal can for beer (oluttölkki), soft drinks (limsatölkki) and for example canned fruit (ananastölkki). 

Purkki

Purkki can be made of any material, and it can contain both food and other stuff. It can be tall like maitopurkki (it can also be maitotölkki) or smaller like an individual jogurttipurkki. A glass jar can be either lasipurkki or lasitölkki.

Paketti

Paketti can be a package or a parcel. Gifts and presents are often wrapped into lahjapaketti. In Finland, ice cream usually comes in jäätelöpaketti. 

Laatikko

Laatikko can be a box,  a drawer, or a casserole. 

Kotelo

Kotelo is a case as in silmälasikotelo, a glasses case, or viulukotelo, a violin case. Don't confuse with kotilo.

Pakkaus

Pakkaus is just a container. In Finnish, it's used most commonly in äitiyspakkaus. 

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