soitto
Soitto is a Finnish noun derived from the verb soittaa, meaning to play an instrument or to ring a telephone. The word has two primary senses in modern Finnish. In music, soitto refers to the act of playing an instrument or to a musical performance. It appears in many compound nouns that name specific kinds of playing, such as kitaransoitto (guitar playing), pianonsoitto (piano playing), and viulusoitto (violin playing). In context, it can denote a performance by a musician or by a group, and is common in both spoken and written descriptions of music.
In telecommunications, soitto also means a telephone call. In this sense the noun identifies the act of
Usage notes: The meaning is generally clear from context, but the two senses are distinct and often