tontti

Borrowed from Swedish tomt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtontːi/,
• Rhymes: -ontːi
• Hyphenation^(key): tont‧ti

tontti

1. lot, plot, parcel, property (distinct portion or plot of land, especially one containing or intended to contain a building, and the boundaries of which have been delineated by a public entity)

   Missä kulkee tontin raja?

   Where does the lot/property line go?

   Omistan tontin merenrannalla.

   I own a plot of land by the seashore.

2. (ball games) the part of a playing field that a specific player, such as an infielder or outfielder in baseball, is meant to be responsible for (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

• “tontti”, 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

Related to Finnish tonttu (“elf”) and Estonian tont (“evil spirit”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtontːi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtontːi/,
• Rhymes: -ontʲː, -ontːi
• Hyphenation: tont‧ti

tontti

1. (vulgar) bastard
2. (obsolete) Synonym of pahalain (“imp”)

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “тойти ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 592

Likely from Finnish tontti, as this term is only attested in the dialects of Suojärvi and Suistamo, which used to belong to Finland while the Finnish term is derived from Swedish.

tontti

1. lot, parcel of land

Possibly from Finnish tonttu. First sense attested only from Petsamo, second meaning only from Suojärvi and Suistamo.

tontti

1. a type of forest spirit, an elf
2. (derogatory) kid, whippersnapper

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “tontti”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN