Louhuttuna

Louhuttuna is a Finnish term that functions as an adjective or past participle meaning “quarried” or “having been quarried.” It is derived from the verb louhia, “to quarry,” with the suffix -ttu/-ttuna forming a past passive participle. The form louhuttuna literally indicates that the stone or rock has undergone quarrying activity and is typically used to describe material that originated in a quarry rather than from natural outcrops.

In technical usage, louhuttuna describes rock that has been extracted and potentially shaped for use in construction or sculpture. It can refer to the state of the material after removal from the quarry and may apply to rough blocks as well as partially finished stone. The term is common in geology, archaeology, historical building contexts, and in descriptions of heritage quarries.

In practice, you might encounter phrases such as louhuttuna kivi (quarried stone) or louhuttuna lohko (quarried block). The word clarifies that the material is not natural bedrock and has been the product of human activity. Because Finnish uses compounding, louhuttuna can appear as part of longer noun phrases in technical reports, field notes, or catalog entries for stone samples and quarry operations.

See also: quarry, stone, construction materials, Finnish geological terminology.