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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *laito.
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Adjective
laito (comparative laidompi, superlative laidoin) (uncommon)
- shallow
1943, Ornis Fennica:...joitakin yksilöitä aterioimassa järven laidolla etelärannalla.- ...some specimens having a meal on the shallow southern shore of the lake.
1972, Suomen kalastuslehti:Tämä pieni kala ilmautuu kaikkialla maassamme; se oleksii virroissa ja jo’issa kivien alla laidossa vedessä.- This small fish is found all over our country; it lingers in streams and rivers under the rocks in shallow water.
2018, Charles Dickens, edited by Waldemar Churberg (translation), David Copperfield:Hänellä oli sellaiset laidot, mustat silmät...- He had that kind of shallow black eye...
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