kaipuuta

English translation: kaipuuta= longing/yearning

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Finnish term or phrase:kaipuuta
English translation:kaipuuta= longing/yearning
Entered by: hwhitford

10:28 Mar 25, 2008
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Finnish term or phrase: kaipuuta
Mutta onko seinään kaiverrettu kaipuuta vai onko vimmainen viesti edes totta?

Hmm...

But is this engraved message on the wall longing/yearning....

This just doesn't sound quite right... any suggestions?
hwhitford
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:08
kaipuuta= longing/yearning
Explanation:
Sounds/Appears very good to me.... longing/yearning. Do I now get some Kudoz points?
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Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 12:08
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5 +2kaipuuta= longing/yearning
Erkki Pekkinen


  

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kaipuuta= longing/yearning


Explanation:
Sounds/Appears very good to me.... longing/yearning. Do I now get some Kudoz points?


    Reference: http://www.epc.fi
Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Kiitos varmistuksesta.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  USER0059 (X): Could perhaps also be translated as "hunger (for something)".
20 mins

agree  Spencer Allman: or 'a yearning for something'
26 mins
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