Colony

Dazzle = A group of zebras 

Favourite so far by far:

Multikeskus

Loop

Kuusi Palaa gets my vote!

temporary 2.0

horizontal (to express equality and maybe something emerging)

seepra. finnish for zebra

PARALLEX OR PARALLELKSI

sauna - we need to attract finns

for brainstorming -

The  10 Best Words/Phrases in the Finnish Language

One
of the great things about learning a new language is you will find
humour in certain words, humour that the natives have probably never
picked up on. In English we have lots of words that are ridiculous when
you think about it, such as "rambunctious" and "discombobulate", but we
English don't realise it because it's our language dammit and it's
right! Here are my 10 favourite Finnish words and phrases:

10. Sytytystulppa
I like this word because when I started learning Finnish I had some trouble pronouncing the letters "y" and "u"
properly, especially as I had already practiced using them a little in
Swedish which just made things more complicated. "Sytytystulppa" means
"spark plug", and it's a very good word for practicing your
pronunciation. It has the benefit of containing both the letters "y" and "u" as well as a combination of single and double consonants. Also, it sounds silly, so I like it.

9. Lämpimämpi
Usually
one of the first words that a student of Finnish will find funny. Up to
this point in his or her studies, Finnish words have been either boring
or extremely frustrating. "Lämpimämpi", meaning "warmer", is easy to
pronounce but you simply cannot say it without sounding like a toddler.
If you hear it spoken before you've learnt that it's an actual word that
means something, you will probably assume that the person you are
speaking to has recently escaped from somewhere where they take your
shoelaces away from you.
     
8. Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas 
According to Wikipedia this means "airplane jet turbine engine auxiliary mechanic non-commissioned officer student". That sounds ridiculous even in English. "Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas"
is said to be the longest Finnish word at 61 letters, however that is
arguable because you could make up any word you wanted in Finnish
really. Let's see what you get if you break it down, translate the words
into English, and then put it back together.
Aeroplaneshowerturbinemotorhelpmechanicnoncommissionedofficerstudent.
 68 Letters! English wins! And it'd funnier because it says "helpme"
right in the middle.


7. Lohikäärme
I
love this word. If you don't know what it means. you can use simple
logic to work it out. So, "lohi" as I'm sure you know, means "salmon"
and "käärme" as I'm sure you'll also know, means "snake". And what do
you get when you cross a salmon with a snake? Well isn't it obvious? A
dragon! Yep, salmon + snake = DRAGON! Most Finns don't even see the
humour in this, and why should they? After all, we have words that, if
you look closely, contain 2 completely unrelated words, such as
cup-board or car-pet. 
Having said that, "Lohikäärme" still makes me chuckle.

6. Juoksentelisinkohan?
I
like this word because it's a great example of how the Finnish language
is simply wonderful. This word means "I wonder if I should run around
aimlessly?". I just love that you can say that with one word. Here's how
it works. You probably know the verb "juosta" meaning "to run". Well
"juoksennella" means "to run around". This method is applied to other
verbs too, the "lla" form of the verb is usually a more relaxed version
of the original verb. For example "katsella" is a more relaxed form of
"katsoa". "Minä katselen televisiota" means "I'm watching TV (but I'm
doing it in a relaxed way, I'm not watching anything serious, I'm just
relaxing and the TV happens to be on)"
So, then we have the "isi"
part. This signals that the verb is in the conditional form.
"Juoksentelisin" means "I would run around"
"ko" then makes it into a question and "han" is like saying "maybe".
Therefore "juoksentelisinkohan" becomes "I wonder if I should maybe, possibly, run around aimlessly"
Brilliant! 

5. Aamupalaverihuone
Hold on, why's this on the list? And so high up too? It's a perfectly normal word meaning "Morning meeting room".
Well,
yeah it is. But I like it because you can break it down in two
different ways. A foreigner looking at this word and trying to figure
out what it means will either see:

Aaamu-palaveri-huone         =          Morning-meeting-room

or

Aamupala-veri-huone           =          Breakfast-blood-room

Haha! It's a great word. 
"So where should we have our meeting tomorrow morning Sami?"
 "Well Jari, in the breakfast blood room of course, where else?" 

4. Hääyöaieuutinen
This
means "plans for the wedding night" or more precisely translated
"Wedding night intention news". Having trouble pronouncing those vowels?
I'm not surprised. There are 9 of them consecutively, more that an any
other word in any language as far as my research tells me. If you can
pronounce this properly, you've mastered your vowels. Congratulations.

3. Hyppytyynytyydytys
It's
fun to say, fun to look at, and has a great meaning: "Bouncy cushion
satisfaction", that will be the name of my death metal band one day! 

2. Vihdoin vihdoin vihdoin.
On
the face of it, you think you're seeing "Finally finally finally". But
you're not. These are actually 3 different words, that form a completely
legit Finnish sentence. It means "I finally whipped myself with a birch
branch". Allow me to put you out of your misery.

Vihdoin 1 = Finally

Vihdoin
2 = The basic form is "vihtoa". It's a verb meaning "to whip or strike"
and it refers specifically to those branch thingys that                
     Finns beat each other with in the sauna. It's verb type 1 so the
past form becomes "vihdoi-" and the "-n" means that                      
   it's the "minä" form.

Vihdoin 3 =  The basic
form is "vihta". This is a noun. It's the name given to that leafy twig
that Finns use for their perverse sauna                        
activities. "Vihdoin" is "vihta" in the instructive case, so it means
"using a vihta"
 
1. Kuusi palaa.
I
almost didn't put this one here because most of you have probably
already heard about it. But it was just too good to leave out. It's the
best two word sentence in the Finnish language, because it has 9
meanings.

1. Kuusi palaa = The spruce is on fire.     
       
                     "Kuusi" is a common tree in Finland known in
English as a "spruce". "Palaa" means "to burn/be on fire". In this      
                             sentence it's in the "hän/se" form which
happens to be the same as the basic form in this case.

2. Kuusi palaa = The spruce is returning.
 
                           "Palata" is a Finnish verb meaning "to
return/come back". It's verb-type 4 so we remove the letter "t" and the  
                                   "hän/se" form becomes "palaa".

3. Kuusi palaa =  The number six is on fire.
                              "Kuusi" also means "the number 6"... which means you can also make the sentence...

4. Kuusi palaa =  The number six is returning.
 
                            It sounds silly but remember, you could be
referring to a sports player who wears the number 6 who has been        
                            injured for some time and is now returning.
All of these sentences can be used in context.

5. Kuusi palaa =   Six of them are on fire.
 
                             Kuusi doesn't always mean "the number 6".
If there is a street containing 10 houses and six of them are on fire,  
                               you might say "kuusi palaa".

6. Kuusi palaa =   Six of them are returning.
                               Ten of them walked into the forest. Six will return. "Kymmenen käveli metsään. Kuusi palaa"

7. Kuusi palaa =   Your moon is on fire.
 
                             Kuu = moon. si = suffix that replaces the
word "sinun". Kuusi = Sinun kuu = Your moon. I can't think when you'd    
                               use this, maybe in a sappy poem.

8. Kuusi palaa =   You're moon is returning.
                               Even more ridiculous but a completely valid sentence. 

9. Kuusi palaa =    Six pieces.
 
                             Well, this is the only one that's not a
complete sentence but it still is a translation of "kuusi palaa".
 
                             "Pala" means "piece" or "part" and because
"kuusi" is a number, it becomes partitive so we add an "a".

Yesterday on the meeting all present people went through all submitted name proposals, selected (in their opinion) the best ones and voted. There are two options which have received the equal amount of votes: PARALLAKSI and KUUSI PALAA.