jukolauta
Finnish
editEtymology
editIn dialects, jukolauta (juko + lauta) refers to a crossbeam in a sleigh, but in the sense "damn it, goddamn" it is being used as a minced oath of jumalauta.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editjukolauta
- damn it, goddamn (mild expletive)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto
Further reading
edit- “jukolauta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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