/ˈluo̯dɑˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯dɑ̝(ʔ)]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *loodak (compare Estonian looma), from Proto-Uralic *loŋe- (“to throw, push away”) (compare Lule Sami lågŋot, Eastern Mari [script needed] (loŋam) and possibly Erzya лиемс (lijems, “to prepare yarn for weaving”)).
- transitiveto create (bring into existence out of nothing)
“Alussa loi Jumala taivaan ja maan.” — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- transitiveto create, make (produce out of something else; devise art, etc.)
- transitiveto shovel (move with a shovel)
“luoda lunta” — to shovel snow
- transitiveto shed (radiate, cast, give off light)
“luoda katseensa” — to set eyes on
“Lamppu luo sinistä valoa.” — The lamp sheds blue light.
- transitiveto shed, moult/molt, exuviate, slough (cast off a covering, especially a skin) (usually with an object to distinguish from other meanings)
“Käärme alkoi luoda nahkaansa.” — The snake began to moult.
“Kun hummeri kasvaa, se luo kuorensa.” — As it grows, a lobster will exuviate.
- transitiveto give birth prematurely (usually with an object to distinguish from other meanings)
“tamma loi varsan” — the mare foaled prematurely
- transitiveto warp (arrange so that they run lengthwise in weaving)
- archaic, transitiveto begin, start to
“Men den gamle bröt omsider tystnan,” — The old man at last began to speak,
Muodotluon(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en luo(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen luonut(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole luonut(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · luot(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et luo(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet luonut(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole luonut(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · luo(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei luo(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on luonut(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole luonut(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · luomme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme luo(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme luoneet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole luoneet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · luotte(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette luo(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette luoneet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole luoneet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)