lukea

From Proto-Finnic *lukëdak, from Proto-Uralic *luke- (“to count”). Cognate with Northern Sami logi (“10”), lohkat (“read, count”), Erzya ловномс (lovnoms, “read”), ловомс (lovoms, “count”), Eastern Mari лу (lu, “10”), Udmurt лыдӟыны (lyddźyny, “count, read”) and possibly Hungarian olvas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlukeɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ukeɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lu‧kea

lukea

1. (transitive) to read

   Luen kirjaa. ― I am reading a book.

   Voitko lukea minulle sadun?

   Can you read me a story?

   Luin uutisen junassa lehdestä.

   I read the news on the paper while in the train.

2. (impersonal + inessive or + adessive) to read, say (to consist of certain written text)

   Kyltissä lukee "pääsy kielletty". ― The sign reads "no entry."

   Kirjan sivulla 105 lukee... ― On page 105 of the book, it says...

3. (transitive, academic) to study (review materials; take a course)

   Mitä luet yliopistossa?

   What are you studying at the university?

   Minun pitää lukea kokeeseen.

   I have to study for an exam.

4. (obsolete outside expressions) to count, reckon (still used in some expressions like mukaan luettuna, mukaan lukien, lukea tiilenpäitä, lukematon)

   Synonym: laskea

   Yhtä puuttuu, sanoi piru kun kusiaisia luki.

   There's one missing, said the Devil counting fire ants.

5. (intransitive) to consider (as); to count (as); to include

   Kahvitauko luetaan työaikaan kuuluvaksi.

   A coffee break is considered to be included in the working time.

   Sitä ei lueta.

   It doesn't count.

6. (transitive) to scan (a paper document, QR code, etc.)

   Synonym: skannata

• (to read): lukea takes the elative (or, with some words, ablative) case for location, i.e. answers the question "where ... from?" instead of "where?".
  • The elative (or, in some cases, ablative) case is used with etsiä, löytyä, löytää, lukea and kuulla. (i.e. "where ... from?" instead of "where?").
  • The illative (or, in some cases, allative) case is used with saapua, eksyä, eksyttää, jäädä, jättää, hukkua, hukata, kadota, kadottaa, hävitä, hävittää and rakentaa. (i.e. "where ... to?" instead of "where?")

  Luin sen lehdestä.

  I read it in (lit. from) the magazine.

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
• Álgu database, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

• “lukea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• aluke, keula, leuka