The Finnish word for desert is
aavikko
Translations for desert and their definitions
| aavikko | |
| 1. n. desert |
| hylätä | |
| 1. v. To reject, turn down (e.g. a plan). | |
| 2. v. To refuse, turn away (e.g. a person proposing or somesuch). | |
| 3. v. To abandon, desert, leave (e.g. one's spouse, child). | |
| 4. v. To abandon, forsake (e.g. principles). | |
| 5. v. To give up, dismiss (e.g. a thought). | |
| 6. v. To fail, flunk (in a test at school). | |
| 7. v. To dismiss, disallow, throw out (e.g. charges), to overrule (a protest at a court). | |
| 8. v. To defeat (a law proposal). | |
| 9. v. To disqualify (a sports result). |
| karata | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) | |
| 2. v. to escape, run away, flee, fly. | |
| Rangaistusvanki karkasi vankilasta. | |
| The convict escaped from the prison. | |
| 3. v. to elope | |
| Mies karkasi rakastettunsa kanssa. | |
| The man eloped with his beloved. | |
| 4. v. (military) to desert | |
| Muutama amerikkalainen karkasi vihollisen puolelle. | |
| A few Americans deserted to the enemy side. | |
| 5. v. to abscond, run off, make off | |
| Myyjän käräyttämä vanha nainen karkasi tavaroidensa kanssa kaupasta juuri, kun vartija tuli paikalle. | |
| The old lady caught by a salesperson ran off from the shop with the goods just when the watchman came there. | |
| 6. v. (archaic) to leap, charge |
| autiomaa | |
| 1. n. wasteland, desert |
| ansio | |
| 1. n. merit | |
| 2. n. income | |
| 3. n. virtue | |
| 4. n. (in plural) earnings (wages, money earned, income) |
| palkka | |
| 1. n. wage, salary |
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