vuokrasana

Vuokrasana is a term occasionally used in Finnish linguistics to refer to a word associated with renting that is formed through the productive compounding and derivation typical of Finnish. It is not a standard lexeme in Finnish dictionaries and is not established as a fixed category, but appears in pedagogical discussions as a convenient label for examining how housing- and rental-related concepts are expressed in Finnish vocabulary.

Etymology and scope: The term is a compound of vuokra (rent) and sana (word). As a label rather than a lexical entry, vuokrasana helps discuss how domain-specific meaning can be encoded in Finnish through compounding, affixation, or semantic extension.

Usage: In classroom or linguistic analyses, vuokrasana may be used to refer to words in the rental domain that illustrate word formation processes, such as compound forms or derivations that relate to renting, tenancy, or housing. Common rental-domain words include vuokra, vuokrasopimus, vuokralainen, and vuokranantaja.

Relation to other terms: It contrasts with loanwords (lainasana) and with standard lexical entries; it is mainly a linguistic teaching tool rather than a fixed category in dictionaries.

See also: Lainasana, Finnish language, word formation, sanasto, Suomen kieli.

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