LET'S LEARN SOME FINNISH....

One of the biggest problems I had when visiting Finland was the language. Finish is a language of Finno-Ugric origin. The only other languages which are slightly similar are Hungarian, the Samoyedic languages, and the Permic languages, spoken in small groups of Siberia and South of Russia. That is, they are of very little help to us. Spanish and English speakers won't find a word that sounds familiar to us.

So, as you can imagine, my visit to the Rauma Museum wasn't as satisfactory as I had expected. Precisely because I couldn't understand what was written on the signs. An English translation was only on some of them.

Having this difficulty made me write a list of lace related words, which I want to share with you, just in case you need it some time.

 

FINNISH	SPANISH	ENGLISH
jamikka	trenza	plait
kiaru	vuelta	twist
kokolyönti	punto enteroVCVC	whole stitch
laanalanka	hilo de contorno o reseguido	gimp thread
lenkki	baguilla	picot
liinalyönti	punto zurcido CVC	cloth st
mandeli	hoja de guipur	leaf
mynseri	picado	pricking
nypläystyyny	almohadilla	pillow
nypylä	bolillo	bobbin
pitsi	encaje	lace
puolilyönti	medio punto VC	half stitch
sinivuokko	hepática (planta que inspira muchos de los diseños de E.L. Kortelahti)	hepatica (plant that inspires many of E.L. Kortelahti's designs)
spindeli	araña	spider

Hepatica nobilis