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The Finnish word for time is
aika





time



Translations for time and their definitions

aika
     1. n. time (temporal distance)
           Se vaatii pitkän ajan.
             It takes a long time.
           kahden viikon ajaksi
             for (a period of) two weeks
     2. n. time, moment
           Vanhat hyvät ajat ovat palanneet.
             The good old times have returned.
     3. n. appointment (arranged meeting)
           Minulla on aika lääkärille kello kymmeneltä.
             I have a doctor's appointment at ten o'clock.
     4. adv. quite
           Summa on aika suuri.
             The sum is quite large.
           Tänään on aika kaunis ilma.
             It’s quite beautiful weather today.


kerta
     1. n. time (occasion)
           Kun tapasin hänet ensimmäisen kerran, hänellä oli yllään vaaleanpunainen puku.
             When I met him for the first time he was wearing a pink suit.
           Täällä on joka kerta yhtä hauskaa.
             Every time it's equally fun to be here.


nuoruus
     1. n. youth (the period of life)


ottaa aika
     1. v. To time (to measure a finite time).


aikakausi
     1. n. age, era


kellonaika
     1. n. time (time of day, as indicated by clock)


kellottaa
     1. v. To clock, time.


kello
     1. n. clock (instrument used to measure time)
     2. n. o'clock (when indicating time)
           Kello on kahdeksan. (lit. The clock is eight.)
             It's eight o'clock.
     3. n. time (when asking the time or telling exact time)
           Paljonko kello on? (lit. How much is the clock?)
             What's the time?
           Kello on 20:32.
             The time is 8:32 pm.
     4. n. watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
     5. n. timer (device that gives an alarm after a specified time)
           munakello = egg timer
     6. n. clock (metaphor for regularity)
           Hän tuli joka päivä kellon tarkkuudella.
             He arrived every day with clocklike regularity.
     7. n. (nautical) o'clock (used to indicate direction in relation to the vessel's position so that 12 is straight ahead and 6 is straight behind)
           Tunnistamaton lentokone kello kahdessa!
             An unidentified aeroplane at two o'clock!
     8. n. bell (object made of metal or other hard material, which resonates when struck)
           Kenelle kello soi?
             For whom the bell tolls?
     9. n. bell (signal at a school)
     10. n. bellflower (plant of the genus Campanula)
           harakankello, spreading bellflower, C. patula
           hirvenkello, bristly bellflower, C. cervicaria
           kiirunankello, arctic bellflower, C. uniflora
           kissankello, bluebell, harebell, C. rotundifolia
           kurjenkello, peach-leaved bellflower, C. persicifolia
           peurankello, clustered bellflower, C. glomerata
           ukonkello, wide-leaved bellflower, C. latifolia
           varsankello, nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium
           vuohenkello, creeping bellflower, C. rapunculoides


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