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Finnish
Etymology
lavan + tauti, possibly from
- lava, in modern language "platform, bed", but in older language also referring to a wooden bed, because the disease would cause someone to be bedridden
- lapa; compare to lapautua (“(of a horse) to become lame due to a broken or dislocated front leg”), which also dialectally "to go limp, weaken"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑʋɑnˌtɑu̯ti/,
- Rhymes: -ɑuti
- Hyphenation(key): lavan‧tauti
Noun
lavantauti
- (pathology) typhoid fever
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