Words ending in -na that describe some sound
Words ending in -na are very often sounds of some kind. To describe these, I have consciously decided to write descriptions rather than just a translation. English isn't my mothertongue, so I'm not sure I would get them all correct. Descriptions are a lot clearer.
| Sound | Explanations and examples |
| humina | wind blowing through the leaves |
| the sound a fan makes inside a computer | |
| hurina | electric, steady, lowish sound |
| car, airplane | |
| kahina | walking through wet grass |
| legs of your pants while you're walking | |
| kalina | metallic sound |
| pots and pans while someone is cooking noisily | |
| kirkuna | high sound, made by a bird (sea gull) |
| kohina | static on the tv or radio |
| a waterfall or big river | |
| kolina | metallic sound |
| a kid hitting a pan with a wooden spoon | |
| a metallic pot falling down the stairs | |
| kopina | fast, rapid clicks |
| korkokenkien kopina: the clipping of high heels | |
| a mouse with shoes | |
| korina | kuolen korina: the rattle of one's last breath |
| mutina | mumbling |
| a kid mumbling to himself when walking away after an argument | |
| murina | low tone, hard and threatening |
| a growling bear | |
| narina | the creaking of a floor or an old ship |
| pauhina | the rumbling of a storm at sea |
| rapina | a mouse moving around inside the wall |
| something moving around in a dry bush | |
| solina | high, wet sound |
| water in a small river going over some rocks | |
| sorina | the murmur of a group of people talking quietly |
| suhina | buzzing in the ears |
| rahina | sandpaper on wood |
| surina | high electrical sound: cd-drive on high gear |
| buzzing of bee(s) | |
| ulina | a hurt dog yelping painfully for a longer period of time |
| helinä | very high pitched sound |
| shaking a broken lightbulb | |
| hälinä | commotion |
| jyrinä | really powerful, hellish base sound |
| ukkosen jyrinä: rolling of the thunder | |
| bulldozer turning something over | |
| köhinä | dry cough |
| pärinä | boy playing he's a car |
| sound of a driving moped | |
| räminä | metallic high-speed clicking |
| old crappy tractor in which everything is loose | |
| sihinä | snake's hissing |
| pressure valves | |
| opening of a soda bottle |
| Related vocabulary |
| Words ending in -sto :
Words ending in -kko : Words ending in -nta : Words ending in -nto |