peitto

From Proto-Finnic *peitto, equivalent to peittää (“to cover”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯tːo/, [ˈpe̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -eitːo
• Syllabification^(key): peit‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): peit‧to

peitto

1. blanket (part of bedding)

   Synonym: peite

   Hyponyms: huopa, täkki, viltti

   • 1986, Gösta Sundqvist, “Elämä ikkunan takana”, in Perjantai 14. päivä, performed by Leevi and the Leavings:

     Mä painan nenän vasten kylmää ikkunaa
     ja katson ulos elämään
     Jos voisin peiton alle jäädä nukkumaan
     en haluaisi mennä mihinkään

     I push my nose up against the cold window
     and take a look at life outside
     If only I could stay sleeping under the blanket
     I don't feel like going anywhere

2. cover, covering (something that covers, especially something flexible, e.g. made of fabric)

   Synonym: peite

3. coverage (area covered by a cell or other radio network)
4. (marketing) penetration (proportion of the target audience who buy or use the specified product or service)

• “peitto”, 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 3 July 2023

• opetti, opitte

From Proto-Finnic *peitto, equivalent to peittää (“to hide”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish peitto (“cover”) and Estonian peit.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯tːo/, [ˈpe̞i̯tːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpei̯tːo/, [ˈpe̞i̯tːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ei̯tːo
• Hyphenation: peit‧to

peitto

1. hideout, lair (of an animal)
2. hideout (in a game of hide-and-seek)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 395