puuton

puu (“tree”) +‎ -ton (“-less”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːton/,
• Rhymes: -uːton
• Hyphenation^(key): puu‧ton

puuton (comparative puuttomampi, superlative puuttomin)

1. treeless, bare (free of trees)

   puuton kukkula ― a bare hill

2. deforested, unforested (not covered with forest), not forested

   Puuton alue laajenee Sahelissa vuosittain useita kilometrejä kohti etelää.

   In Sahel the deforested area expands every year by several kilometers towards the south.

Note that in Finnish puu means two things: wood and tree. puuton refers normally to a lack of trees. Lack of wood is expressed by other kinds of negation structures.

• puuvapaa

• “puuton”, 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

• puunto