laudasta

Laudasta is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun lauta, meaning a wooden board or plank. The elative case (-sta/-stä) expresses origin or source and is commonly used to indicate material, in which case laudasta translates roughly as “from a board” or “made of boards.” It is a standard construction in everyday Finnish for describing the material of objects or features of constructions.

Etymology and form: The base noun lauta denotes a broad, flat piece of wood used in construction, furniture, and carpentry. Finnish forms such as lauta have various case endings to indicate grammatical relations, one of which is the elative form laudasta. The combination is routine when specifying material or origin in descriptive phrases.

Usage: Laudasta appears in many contexts where something is made from wood or derived from a board. Examples include: Pöytä on valmistettu laudasta. (The table is made from a board.) Lattia on tehty laudasta. (The floor is made of boards.) The form can be used with different nouns to describe objects, parts, or surfaces that are constructed from wood.

Related terms: The root lauta also appears in other cases and in related words such as laudat (boards), laudoista (from boards), and laudan (of the board). These forms are part of standard Finnish inflection for concrete nouns referring to material and origin.

See also: lauta, laudoitus, carpentry, woodworking.