Monday, May 30, 2016

Body fluids in Finnish

It's time for a list! This time we're talking about body fluids, eritteet. Test yourself and see how many words you already know.

  1. hiki
  2. kyynelneste
  3. lapsivesi
  4. lima 
  5. mahaneste
  6. mätä
  7. oksennus
  8. räkä
  9. siemenneste
  10. sperma
  11. sylki
  12. uloste (kakka)
  13. vaikku
  14. veri
  15. visva
  16. virtsa (pissa)




Here are the translations:

  1. hiki - sweat
  2. kyynelneste - tears
  3. lapsivesi - amniotic fluid
  4. lima - slime
  5. mahaneste - gastric acid
  6. mätä - pus
  7. oksennus - vomit
  8. räkä - snot, nasal mucus
  9. siemenneste - semen
  10. sperma - sperm
  11. sylki - saliva
  12. uloste (kakka) - excrement, stool, poop
  13. vaikku - earwax
  14. veri - blood
  15. visva - pus
  16. virtsa (pissa) - urine, pee

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2 comments:

Holda said...

How about "breast milk"?

Anonymous said...

"slime" isn't the correct translation. In this context, the word is 'mucus'