juna

From German jung and French jeune.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjuna]
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• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: ju‧na

juna (accusative singular junan, plural junaj, accusative plural junajn)

1. young

   Antonyms: maljuna, (poetic neologism) olda

   Mi estis juna kaj malsaĝa. ― I was young and foolish.

• Ido: yuna

From a (Savonian) dialectal word meaning "line, queue". The modern sense "train" is a literary coinage (by an unknown author) from 1864. The dialectal word is usually considered an irregular, probably sound-symbolic, derivative of juoni. Among the dialectal variants (mostly sporadic) that can be considered are jona, joni, jono and juno. One explanation for the -u- may be influence from juntu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjunɑ/, [ˈjunɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ju‧na

juna

1. train (railroad vehicle)
   • 1951, “Lentävä kalakukko”, Reino Helismaa (lyrics), Toivo Kärki (music), performed by Esa Pakarinen, Savonian dialect, with normalization to Standard Finnish in brackets:

     Pyörät ne lauloivat: "Kuopijoon käy tie!"
     Kiskottii kirskuivat: "Tervehykset vie!"
     Unjkin siinä pijan kuorsaasta punnoo—kuorsaasta punnoo,
     Kiekuven kun kiskoo raskasta junnoo Lentävä Kalakukko!

     [Pyörät ne lauloivat: "Kuopioon käy tie!"
     Kiskotkin kirskuivat: "Tervehdykset vie!"
     Unikin siinä pian kuorsausta punoo—kuorsausta punoo,
     Kiekuen kun kiskoo raskasta junaa Lentävä Kalakukko!]

     The wheels sang: "We're heading to Kuopio!"
     And the rails screeched: "Send them my regards!"
     Soon sleep makes one snore too—snore too
     it crows as it tugs a heavy train: the Lentävä Kalakukko [lit. flying kalakukko]!

• “juna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

juna

1. kurdaitcha man