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
oppilaitos educational institution (anything from elementary school to university)
oppi = doctrine; stydy [of], -logy; training, education, learning (from oppia = to learn) laitos = institution, faculty, facility, department (coined by Reinhold von Becker, from laittaa = to put, to place, to set -os = forms nouns denoting the result of the action of a verb)