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Finnish
Etymology
koittaa + -o. Equivalent to Estonian koit.
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Noun
koitto
- dawning (break of the day)
1876 [1875], Zachris Topelius, “Aamulaulu”, in Johan Bäckwall, Paavo Cajander, transl., Maamme kirja, published 1878:Tuhanten rantain partahilla
heräjä, armas synnyinmaa!
Heräjä, taivaan rantehilla
jo aamun koitto leimuaa!
Ikävä yös on haihtuva
ja valon riemu voittava.
Tuhanten rantain partahilla
heräjä, armas synnyinmaa!- You who border a thousand shores;
awaken, you dear fatherland!
Awaken, on the shores of heaven
the daybreak is already gleaming!
The night so terrible will fade away
and the joy of light will prevail.
You who border a thousand shores;
awaken, you dear fatherland!
- dawning (beginning of something new)
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