# lauta
## Elfdalian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse lúta, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small”).

### Verb

lauta (present laut, plural lautum, preterite lot or låt or lut, supine lutið, past participle lutin)
* (neuter verb) lean

#### Derived terms

* lautänd

## Estonian
### Noun

lauta
* partitive singular of laut
* illative singular of laut

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta (compare Estonian laud (“table”)), most likely borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian plautas (“shelf”)), or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *flauþī (compare Norwegian Nynorsk flauta (“crossbeam in sleigh”)). The word has also been borrowed into Samic (compare Skolt Sami luʹvdd (“plank; float for seine”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
* Hyphenation: lau‧ta

### Noun

lauta
* board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber)
* board (long, wide and thin platform; the English translation is often board, but not necessarily always the other way around)
    šakkilauta ― chessboard
    silityslauta ― ironing board
    lainelauta ― surfboard
    lumilauta ― snowboard
    ponnahduslauta ― springboard
* (colloquial, possibly derogatory) ironing board (a woman who has small breasts)
* (in the plural, figurative) coffin
    Joku joutuu tätä vauhtia vielä lautoihin.If things keep going on like this, someone is going to end up six feet under.

#### Usage notes

* (timber): lauta is generally at least 75 mm wide and no more than 38 mm thick. Anything narrower is called rima, and anything thicker is lankku or parru.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lauta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lautani
lautani
accusative
nom.
lautani
lautani
gen.
lautani
genitive
lautani
lautojeni lautaini $^{rare}$
partitive
lautaani
lautojani
inessive
laudassani
laudoissani
elative
laudastani
laudoistani
illative
lautaani
lautoihini
adessive
laudallani
laudoillani
ablative
laudaltani
laudoiltani
allative
laudalleni
laudoilleni
essive
lautanani
lautoinani
translative
laudakseni
laudoikseni
abessive
laudattani
laudoittani
instructive
comitative
—lautoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lautasi
lautasi
accusative
nom.
lautasi
lautasi
gen.
lautasi
genitive
lautasi
lautojesi lautaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
lautaasi
lautojasi
inessive
laudassasi
laudoissasi
elative
laudastasi
laudoistasi
illative
lautaasi
lautoihisi
adessive
laudallasi
laudoillasi
ablative
laudaltasi
laudoiltasi
allative
laudallesi
laudoillesi
essive
lautanasi
lautoinasi
translative
laudaksesi
laudoiksesi
abessive
laudattasi
laudoittasi
instructive
comitative
—lautoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lautamme
lautamme
accusative
nom.
lautamme
lautamme
gen.
lautamme
genitive
lautamme
lautojemme lautaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
lautaamme
lautojamme
inessive
laudassamme
laudoissamme
elative
laudastamme
laudoistamme
illative
lautaamme
lautoihimme
adessive
laudallamme
laudoillamme
ablative
laudaltamme
laudoiltamme
allative
laudallemme
laudoillemme
essive
lautanamme
lautoinamme
translative
laudaksemme
laudoiksemme
abessive
laudattamme
laudoittamme
instructive
comitative
—lautoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lautanne
lautanne
accusative
nom.
lautanne
lautanne
gen.
lautanne
genitive
lautanne
lautojenne lautainne $^{rare}$
partitive
lautaanne
lautojanne
inessive
laudassanne
laudoissanne
elative
laudastanne
laudoistanne
illative
lautaanne
lautoihinne
adessive
laudallanne
laudoillanne
ablative
laudaltanne
laudoiltanne
allative
laudallenne
laudoillenne
essive
lautananne
lautoinanne
translative
laudaksenne
laudoiksenne
abessive
laudattanne
laudoittanne
instructive
comitative
—lautoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lautansa
lautansa
accusative
nom.
lautansa
lautansa
gen.
lautansa
genitive
lautansa
lautojensa lautainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
lautaansa
lautojaan lautojansa
inessive
laudassaan laudassansa
laudoissaan laudoissansa
elative
laudastaan laudastansa
laudoistaan laudoistansa
illative
lautaansa
lautoihinsa
adessive
laudallaan laudallansa
laudoillaan laudoillansa
ablative
laudaltaan laudaltansa
laudoiltaan laudoiltansa
allative
laudalleen laudallensa
laudoilleen laudoillensa
essive
lautanaan lautanansa
lautoinaan lautoinansa
translative
laudakseen laudaksensa
laudoikseen laudoiksensa
abessive
laudattaan laudattansa
laudoittaan laudoittansa
instructive
comitative
—lautoineen lautoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* laude
* laudoittaa
* laudus
* lautailla
* lautainen
* Lautala
* lautanen
* astinlauta
* harjalauta
* harjuslauta
* harrilauta
* hihalauta
* hikilaudat
* honkalauta
* hyppylauta
* ikkunalauta
* ilmalauta
* istuinlauta
* jukolauta
* juustolauta
* jätelauta
* jäälauta
* kalalauta
* karsikkolauta
* kattolauta
* kaulauslauta
* keinulauta
* kerinlauta
* kiikkulauta
* kimpilauta
* koelauta
* koivulauta
* kojelauta
* kuusilauta
* kynnyslauta
* käpälälauta
* lainelauta
* laskulauta
* lattialauta
* laudankappale
* laudanpätkä
* lauta-aita
* lautakasa
* lautakate
* lautakatto
* lautakeinu
* lautakunta
* lautalaskos
* lautalattia
* lautamies
* Lautamäki
* lautanauha
* lautaparketti
* lautapeli
* lautapoika
* lautapurjehdus
* lautaseinä
* lautatapuli
* lautatarha
* lautatavara
* lautaverhous
* lautavuoraus
* leikkuulauta
* leipälauta
* lintulauta
* lumilauta
* mäntylauta
* nurkkalauta
* otelauta
* otsalauta
* Ouija-lauta
* paneelilauta
* pelilauta
* penkkilauta
* perkuulauta
* perälauta
* pielilauta
* piirustuslauta
* pintalauta
* pohjalauta
* ponnahduslauta
* ponnistuslauta
* ponttilauta
* potkulauta
* purjelauta
* pyykkilauta
* päänaluslauta
* raakalauta
* rankalauta
* reunalauta
* rimalauta
* rullalauta
* ruodelauta
* ruokintalauta
* ruumislauta
* sakkilauta
* šakkilauta
* seinälauta
* selkälauta
* shakkilauta
* silityslauta
* skeittilauta
* surffauslauta
* surffilauta
* sähkölauta
* tammilauta
* tasapainolauta
* tuulilauta
* tynnyrilauta
* uimalauta
* ulkolauta
* vaakalauta
* varvaslauta
* vatsalauta
* verholauta
* vesilauta
* vuorauslauta
* vuorilauta

#### See also

* laude
* kakkosnelonen
* lankku
* rima
* sahatavara

### Further reading

* “lauta”, 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

### Anagrams

* aulat, laatu, latua, taula

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto laŭta, English loud, German laut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlau̯.ta/

### Adjective

lauta
* loud

#### Derived terms

* lauteskar

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lauta. Cognates include Finnish lauta and Estonian laud.
The sense "table" is a semantic loan from a Southern Finnic language, either Estonian laud or Votic lautõ.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈɫɑu̯t]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈɫɑu̯d̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯t, -ɑu̯tɑ
* Hyphenation: lau‧ta

### Noun

lauta
* board
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63:Lapset laatiit lavvan.The children made a board.
* desk, table
* Short for noottalauta.

#### Synonyms

* (table): kans, (dialectal) pöytä

#### Derived terms

* kultalauta
* lautain
* lautajalka
* lavvattaa
* maarilauta
* noottalauta
* punttalauta
* šaškalauta
* tammilauta
* vaskilauta

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лавта”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 689
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 252

## Italian
### Adjective

lauta
* feminine singular of lauto

## Latin
### Participle

lauta
* inflection of lautus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

lautā
* ablative feminine singular of lautus

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Laute.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǎuta/
* Hyphenation: la‧u‧ta

### Noun

làuta f (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ута)
* lute (stringed instrument)
    Synonyms: lèut, lútnja