Uralic Languages Word-Association Game

[h34]

оз / oz
negative verb, present tense, 3rd person (sg=pl)

[Naava]

ällös
the second-person singular optative present form of the negative verb

[Linguaphile]

ala
the second-person singular imperative present form of the negative verb

[Naava]

alava
low-lying

[h34]

алов / alov
under
(lative case, movement toward, in the direction of)

[Linguaphile]

alluv
subordinate, inferior

[h34]

алдо / aldo
from beneath, from below (ablative)

Лембе коштось кепети алдо.
Warm air (/The warm air) rises from below.

[awrui]

alde
on top of

[Linguaphile]

vuolde
(from) under, underneath

[h34]

улын / ulyn
under (position; ул- + inessive suffix -ын)

ва улын 'under water'

[Linguaphile]

ülähän
above, overhead

[h34]

yläilmakehä
stratosphere

[Linguaphile]

üliõpilane
university student

[Naava]

ylioppilaskirjoitukset
matriculation examination

yli = over
oppilas = pupil
> ylioppilas = high school graduate who has passed the matriculation exams; also university student (although less common)
kirjoittaa = to write
-us (stem -ukse-) = forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or event
-t = plural

[Linguaphile]

üliõpilasomavalitsus
(university) student council, student government

üli = over, higher, very
õpilane = pupil (genitive õpilase, in compounds õpilas-)
üliõpilane = university student

oma = own
valitsema = administer, govern
-us = forms nouns from verbs
valitsus = government
omavalitsus = self-government