Monday, June 6, 2022

Finnish word pairs that still make sense after you switch two letters

This is a fun game: Try to come up with word pairs that still make sense after you switch two vowels or consonants! 

Here's what I could think of: 

Two vowels switch places: 

  1. hourailla - huorailla
  2. Kairo - koira
  3. kakku - kukka
  4. kassi - kissa 
  5. kirkko - korkki
  6. laki - lika
  7. leikki - liekki
  8. limu - lumi
  9. liuska - luiska
  10. paino - piano
  11. passi - pissa
  12. pelto - polte
  13. pöyristyä - pyöristyä
  14. sakko - sokka
  15. sato - sota
  16. syvä - sävy
  17. takki - tikka
  18. takku - tukka
  19. tarve - terva
  20. vaimo - voima
  21. veri - vire


Two consonants switch places: 

  1. entinen - etninen
  2. lammas - sammal
  3. lasi - sali
  4. lato - talo
  5. katsella - kastella
  6. paisti - paitsi
  7. There MUST be more! Please help me. :)



Here are the translations:

Two vowels switch places: 

  1. hourailla - huorailla - to fantasize, to hallucinate - to behave like a whore
  2. Kairo - koira = Cairo - a dog
  3. kakku - kukka = a cake - a flower
  4. kassi - kissa = a bag - a cat 
  5. kirkko - korkki = a church - a (bottle) cap, a cork
  6. laki - lika = a law - dirt
  7. leikki - liekki = a children's free play, a flame
  8. limu - lumi = a soft drink - snow
  9. liuska - luiska - a sheet of paper, a ramp
  10. paino - piano = weight - a piano
  11. passi - pissa = a passport - pee
  12. pelto - polte = a field - a burn
  13. pöyristyä - pyöristyä = to be shocked - to become round
  14. sakko - sokka - a fine, a ticket - a hand grenade pin
  15. sato - sota = a crop, a harvest - a war
  16. syvä - sävy - deep = a nuance, a hue
  17. takki - tikka = a jacket - a woodpecker, a dart
  18. takku - tukka = a tangle - hair
  19. tarve - terva = a need, tar
  20. vaimo - voima = a wife - power
  21. veri - vire = blood - a tone, tune


Two consonants switch places: 

  1. entinen - etninen = previous, ethnic
  2. lammas - sammal = a lamb, moss
  3. lasi - sali = a glas, a hall
  4. lato - talo = a barn - a house
  5. katse - kaste = a look, baptism / a dip
  6. katsella - kastella = to watch, to wet
  7. paisti - paitsi - a roast - except 


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