Finnish month names translated

[gaze-universe]

The word 'kuu' in this context means month, but can be translated as moon also. The full word for month in Finnish is 'kuukausi' which can be translated as 'moon phase' or 'moon season', the latter being probably the more correct literal translation.

Tammikuu - Oak moon
Helmikuu - Pearl moon
Maaliskuu - this doesn't have a direct translation for 'maalis' but it is generally thought to mean earth, as in March a little bit of earth can occasionally already be seen under the snow, the word 'maa' means earth or dirt, the ground.
Huhtikuu - Huhti comes from the word huhta, which means two things, already burned-over clearing or the act of creating a plot of forest of dead trees to be burned later (for agricultural purposes). And it is speculated the name for the month came from the appropriate time to do this around April.
Toukokuu - Touko means the spring field work.
Kesäkuu - Summer moon (which is a bit funny because generally Finnish summer doesn't actually feel like summer until it is July).
Heinäkuu - Hay moon
Elokuu - Elo is short for elonkorjuu which means harvest, Harvest moon.
Syyskuu - Autumn moon
Lokakuu - Dirt moon
Marraskuu - Dead moon
Joulukuu - Christmas moon

I wasn't very sure if this is the appropriate forum for this, but it says Language..so I thought if not here then where?

What kind of names (and their meanings) does your native language have for months?

 

[Jazzy]

The word 'kuu' in this context means month, but can be translated as moon also. The full word for month in Finnish is 'kuukausi' which can be translated as 'moon phase' or 'moon season', the latter being probably the more correct literal translation.

Tammikuu - Oak moon
Helmikuu - Pearl moon
Maaliskuu - this doesn't have a direct translation for 'maalis' but it is generally thought to mean earth, as in March a little bit of earth can occasionally already be seen under the snow, the word 'maa' means earth or dirt, the ground.
Huhtikuu - Huhti comes from the word huhta, which means two things, already burned-over clearing or the act of creating a plot of forest of dead trees to be burned later (for agricultural purposes). And it is speculated the name for the month came from the appropriate time to do this around April.
Toukokuu - Touko means the spring field work.
Kesäkuu - Summer moon (which is a bit funny because generally Finnish summer doesn't actually feel like summer until it is July).
Heinäkuu - Hay moon
Elokuu - Elo is short for elonkorjuu which means harvest, Harvest moon.
Syyskuu - Autumn moon
Lokakuu - Dirt moon
Marraskuu - Dead moon
Joulukuu - Christmas moon

I wasn't very sure if this is the appropriate forum for this, but it says Language..so I thought if not here then where?

What kind of names (and their meanings) does your native language have for months?

Very interesting and thank you for sharing this with us!

 

[Evil Eye]

Ours are equivalent to the English days so:
Moon Day
Tyr's Day
Wodan's Day
Thor's Day
Freya's Day
Saturn's Day
Sun Day

 

[gaze-universe]

Ours are equivalent to the English days so:
Moon Day
Tyr's Day
Wodan's Day
Thor's Day
Freya's Day
Saturn's Day
Sun Day

Oh, I've always kinda wondered to myself where Wednesday comes from, never enough to actually look it up though but that's interesting. In Finnish we have Thor's connection Torstai and maybe the Tyr's day also connects to our Tiistai and then Sunday as Sunnuntai. The others I'm not so sure about without looking up, they are Monday - Maanantai, Wednesday - Keskiviikko (which translates literally to middle week) and Friday - Perjantai and lastly Saturday - Lauantai.

How about month names in your language?

 

[Evil Eye]

It's indeed interesting to see how it's hard to tell what the name's supposed to mean because pronunciation and spelling shifted over the years.

Month names are equivalent to English as well, so:
Janus (Roman god)
Februa (Roman purification festival)
Mars (Roman god)
April (Wikipedia lists some theories)
Maia (Greek goddess)
Juno (Roman goddess)
Julius (Caesar)
Augustus (Caesar)
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

 

[Raven]

Ours are equivalent to the English days so:
Moon Day
Tyr's Day
Wodan's Day
Thor's Day
Freya's Day
Saturn's Day
Sun Day

Same as I am from England.

Very interesting thread hiiru, I've always been interested in Finland and they're language, could listen to it all day even though I can't understand or speak it.

 

[gaze-universe]

Same as I am from England.

Very interesting thread hiiru, I've always been interested in Finland and they're language, could listen to it all day even though I can't understand or speak it.

One easy way to pick up words and phrases is to acquire Finnish songs and look up the lyrics translated, read them a few times now and then and connect the words while you listen to the music. It's easy to practice pronouncing the words too while you learn to sing along. I do that with Japanese music (+ anime). I'm at a point that I can generally get the gist of an anime episode for example without subtitles or a new song that I hear. I think continuous exposure with a translation outlet as a hobby can be a good way to learn a little bit about another language (even though in my case the translations are all in English not Finnish).

 

[Raven]

^ Yea, That is a good way, I listen to alot of Finnish Metal bands.