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Finnish is related to Estonian and distantly related to Hungarian. It is not related to other European languages. The official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. Until the end of the 1800s, records were kept in Swedish. For help reading those records, see the [[Swedish Genealogical Word List|Swedish Genealogical Word List]]. Some Latin phrases also appear in older Finnish parish registers. For help, use the [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]].  
Finnish is related to Estonian and distantly related to Hungarian. It is not related to other European languages. The official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. Until the end of the 1800s, records were kept in Swedish. For help reading those records, see the [[Swedish Genealogical Word List|Swedish Genealogical Word List]]. Some Latin phrases also appear in older Finnish parish registers. For help, use the [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]].  


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If you would like to learn more about the language characteristics see the article [[Finnish Language Characteristics|Finnish Language Characteristics]].  
If you would like to learn more about the language characteristics see the article [[Finnish Language Characteristics|Finnish Language Characteristics]].  


<br>'''Alphabetical Order'''
== Alphabetical Order ==
 
Written Finnish uses three letters in addition to the twenty-six letters used in the English alphabet: ä, ö, and for Swedish names, å. Finnish dictionaries and indexes, this word list, and the Locality Search of the Family History Library CatalogLook this term up in the glossary. all use the following alphabetical order:
 
    a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö


The letters v and w are frequently alphabetized as the same letter.  
Written Finnish uses three letters in addition to the twenty-six letters used in the English alphabet: ä, ö, and for Swedish names, å. Finnish dictionaries and indexes, this word list, and the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog. Look this term up in the glossary. all use the following alphabetical order:


<br>
a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j  k  l  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u  v  w  x  y  z  å  ä  ö


'''Key Words'''
The letters v and w are frequently alphabetized as the same letter.


== Key Words ==
To find and use specific types of Finnish records, you will need to know some key words in Finnish. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the Finnish words with the same or similar meanings.  
To find and use specific types of Finnish records, you will need to know some key words in Finnish. This section gives key genealogical terms in English and the Finnish words with the same or similar meanings.  


For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriages. In the second column you will find Finnish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,and other words used in Finnish records to indicate marriage.  
For example, in the first column you will find the English word "marriages". In the second column you will find Finnish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,and other words used in Finnish records to indicate marriage.  


{|  
{|
| English
|-
| Swedish
| '''English'''
| '''Finnish'''
|-
| Banns
| kuulutetut
|-
| baptism
| kastetut, kaste-, ristimä-
|-
|-
| Banns||kuulutetut
| births
| syntyneet, synty-
|-
|-
| baptism||kastetut, kaste-, ristimä-
| burials
| haudatut, hauta-, hauda-
|-
|-
| births ||syntyneet, synty-
| child
| lapsi
|-
|-
| burials||haudatut, hauta-, hauda-
| christenings
| see baptism
|-
|-
| child||lapsi
| confirmations
| rippilapset, ripille päässeet
|-
|-
| christenings||see baptism
| deaths
| kuolleet, kuoli-
|-
|-
| confirmations||rippilapset, ripille päässeet
| father
| isä
|-
|-
| deaths ||kuolleet, kuoli-
| husband
| mies, aviomies
|-
|-
| father ||isä
| marriages
| vihityt, vihki-, naim-, avio-
|-
|-
| husband||mies, aviomies
| month
| kuukausi, kuu
|-
|-
| marriages||vihityt, vihki-, naim-, avio-
| mother
| äiti
|-
|-
| month||kuukausi, kuu
| name (given name)
| nimi, etunimi, kastenimi, ristimänimi
|-
|-
| mother||äiti
| name (surname)
| (suku)nimi
|-
|-
| name (given name) ||nimi, etunimi, kastenimi, ristimänimi
| parents
| vanhemmat
|-
|-
| name (surname) ||(suku)nimi
|parish
|seurakunta, kunta
|-
|-
| parents||vanhemmat parishs seurakunta, kunta
| wife
| vaimo, aviovaimo, vo
|-
|-
| wife||vaimo, aviovaimo year vuosi, vuoden, vuonna
|year
|vuosi, vuoden, vuonna
|-
|-
|  
|  
|}
|}


<br>Finnish Genealogical Word List
== General Word List ==
 
====General Word List====  


This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.  
This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.  
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In this list, optional versions of Finnish words or variable endings are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the meaning.<br>  
In this list, optional versions of Finnish words or variable endings are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the meaning.<br>  


{|
===A===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| '''A'''
| aamu || morning
|  
|-
|-
| aamu
| aamulla || in the morning
| morning
|-
|-
| aamulla
| aamupäivä || forenoon
| in the morning
|-
|-
| aamupäivä
| aateli(nen) || noble
| forenoon
|-
|-
| aateli(nen)
| aatelisto || nobility
| noble
|-
|-
| aatelisto
| aatto || eve
| nobility
|-
|-
| aatto
| aika || time, date
| eve
|-
|-
| aika
| aikainen || early, (a.m.)
| time, date
|-
|-
| aikainen
| aikaisempi || earlier
| early, (a.m.)
|-
|-
| aikaisempi
| aikakauskirja || periodical
| earlier
|-
|-
| aikakauskirja
| aikanaan || in due time
| periodical
|-
|-
| aikanaan
| aina || always
| in due time
|-
|-
| aina
| ainoa || only
| always
|-
|-
| ainoa
| aivokuume || encephalitis, inflammation of the brain
| only
|-
|-
| aivokuume
| aivotärähdys || concussion
| encephalitis, inflammation of the brain
|-
|-
| aivotärähdys
| ajaja || coachman
| concussion
|-
|-
| ajaja
| ajomies || coachman
| coachman
|-
|-
| ajomies
| ala, ali || low(er), under
| coachman
|-
|-
| ala, ali
| alaikäinen || minor, underaged
| low(er), under
|-
|-
| alaikäinen
| alla || under
| minor, underaged
|-
|-
| alla
| allekirjoittanut || undersigned
| under
|-
|-
| allekirjoittanut
| alue || region, district
| undersigned
|-
|-
| alue
| alus || ship
| region, district
|-
|-
| alus
| ammatti || profession, occupation
| ship
|-
|-
| ammatti
| annettu || given
| profession, occupation
|-
|-
| annettu
| anoppi || mother-in-law
| given
|-
|-
| anoppi
| appi || father-in-law
| mother-in-law
|-
|-
| appi
| appivanhemmat || parents-in-law
| father-in-law
|-
|-
| appivanhemmat
| apteekkari || pharmacist, druggist
| parents-in-law
|-
|-
| apteekkari
| arkisto || archive
| pharmacist, druggist
|-
|-
| arkisto
| arkistoluettelo || archive list
| archive
|-
|-
| arkistoluettelo
| arvo || title, rank, status
| archive list
|-
|-
| arvo
| asema || station, class, standing
| title, rank, status
|-
|-
| asema
| asevelvollinen || conscript soldier
| station, class, standing
|-
|-
| asevelvollinen
| asiakirja || document, record
| conscript soldier
|-
|-
| asiakirja
| asua || live, reside
| document, record
|-
|-
| asua
| asuinpaikka || place of residence
| live, reside
|-
|-
| asuinpaikka
| asukas || inhabitant, resident, lodger
| place of residence
|-
|-
| asukas
| asunto || residence
| inhabitant, resident, lodger
|-
|-
| asunto
| asutuksen yleisluettelo || general register of inhabitants
| residence
|-
|-
| asutuksen yleisluettelo
| a.u. || illegitimate
| general register of inhabitants
|-
|-
| a.u.
| aukko || gap (missing records)
| illegitimate
|-
|-
| aukko
| autio || uninhabited
| gap (missing records)
|-
|-
| autio
| avioero || divorce
| uninhabited
|-
|-
| avioero
| avioliiton ulkopuolella || illegitimate, out of wedlock
| divorce
|-
|-
| avioliiton ulkopuolella
| avioliitto || marriage
| illegitimate, out of wedlock
|-
|-
| avioliitto
| avioliittoasiakirjat || marriage documents
| marriage
|-
|-
| avioliittoasiakirjat
| aviomies || husband
| marriage documents
|-
|-
| aviomies
| avionrikkoja || adulterer
| husband
|-
|-
| avionrikkoja
| aviopari || married couple
| adulterer
|-
|-
| aviopari
| aviopuoliso || spouse
| married couple
|-
|-
| aviopuoliso
| avioton || unmarried, illegitimate
| spouse
|-
|-
| avioton
| aviovaimo || wife
| unmarried, illegitimate
|}
 
===D===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| aviovaimo
| peltiseppä || tinner, tinsmith
| wife
|}
 
===E===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| <br>
| edellinen || former, preceding, previous
|  
|-
|-
| '''D'''
| edellä mainittu || above mentioned
|  
|-
|-
| deltiseppä
| edesmennyt || deceased (adjective)
| tinner, tinsmith
|-
|-
| <br>
| edessä || in front of
|  
|-
|-
| '''E'''
| Eesti, Viro || Estonia
|  
|-
|-
| edellinen
| eestilänen || Estonian
| former, preceding, previous
|-
|-
| edellämainittu
| ehkä || perhaps
| above mentioned
|-
|-
| edesmennyt
| ehtoo || evening, eve
| deceased (adjective)
|-
|-
| edessä
| ei || no, not
| in front of
|-
|-
| Eesti
| ei koskaan || never
| Estonia
|-
|-
| eestilänen
| eilen || yesterday
| Estonian
|-
|-
| ehkä
| ei mitään || nothing
| perhaps
|-
|-
| ehtoo
| ei vielä || not yet
| evening, eve
|-
|-
| ei
| eläkkeellä oleva || pensioned, retired
| no, not
|-
|-
| ei koskaan
| eli || lived, or
| never
|-
|-
| eilen
| elokuu || August
| yesterday
|-
|-
| eimitään
| eloonjäänyt || surviving, survivor
| nothing
|-
|-
| ei vielä
| elossa || alive
| not yet
|-
|-
| ekäkkeellä oleva
| eläke || pension
| pensioned, retired
|-
|-
| eli
| eläkeläinen || pensioned person
| lived, or
|-
|-
| elokuu
| elämäkerta || biography
| August
|-
|-
| eloonjäänyt
| elää || to live, living, alive
| surviving, survivor
|-
|-
| elossa
| ennen || before
| alive
|-
|-
| eläke
| eno || uncle (maternal)
| pension
|-
|-
| eläkeläinen
| ensimmäinen || first
| pensioned person
|-
|-
| elämäkerta
| ent. (entinen) || former, previous
| biography
|-
|-
| elää
| erikoistuomioistuimia || special courts
| to live, living, alive
|-
|-
| ennen
| erilainen || various
| before
|-
|-
| eno
| ero(nnut) || divorce(d)
| uncle (maternal)
|-
|-
| ensimmäinen
| erotettu (kirkosta) || excommunicated (from the church)
| first
|-
|-
| ent. (entinen)
| esi-isä || ancestor
| former, previous
|-
|-
| erikoistuomioistuimia
| esikoinen || firstborn
| special court records
|-
|-
| erilainen
| esivanhemmat || ancestors
| various
|-
|-
| ero(nnut)
| esteettömyystodistukset || certificates attesting freedom from liability
| divorce(d)
|-
|-
| erotettu (kirkosta)
| esteetön || free of liability, unhindered (to travel, marry, etc.)
| excommunicated (from the church)
|-
|-
| esi-isä
| etelä || south
| ancestor
|-
|-
| esikoinen
| että || that
| firstborn
|-
|-
| esivanhemmat
| etunimi || given name
| ancestors
|}
 
===F===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| esteettömyystodistukset
| folio || page
| certificates attesting freedom from liability
|}
 
===H===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| esteetön
| hakemisto || register, index
| free of liability, unhindered (to travel, marry, etc.)
|-
|-
| etelä
| hallitus || government, administration
| south
|-
|-
| että
| halvaus || stroke, paralysis
| that
|-
|-
| etunimi
| hampaiden puhkeaminen || teething
| given name
|-
|-
| <br>
| harjoittelija || apprentice
|  
|-
|-
| '''F'''
| hattumaakari || hatmaker
|  
|-
|-
| folio
| hatuntekijä || hatmaker
| page
|-
|-
| <br>
| hauda(ta) (-ttu) || bury, buried
|  
|-
|-
| '''H'''
| hauraus || weakness of old age
|  
|-
|-
| hakemisto
| hauta || grave
| register, index
|-
|-
| hallitus
| hautajaiset || funeral
| government, administration
|-
|-
| halvaus
| hautaus(toimitus) || funeral
| stroke, paralysis
|-
|-
| hampaiden puhkeaminen
| hautausmaa || cemetery
| teething
|-
|-
| harjoittelija
| he || they
| apprentice
|-
|-
| hattumaakari
| heidän || their, theirs
| hatmaker
|-
|-
| hatuntekijä
| heikkous || weakness (of old age)
| hatmaker
|-
|-
| hauda(ta) (-ttu)
| heimo || tribe, clan, family
| bury, buried
|-
|-
| hauraus
| heinäkuu || July
| weakness of old age
|-
|-
| hauta
| helmikuu || February
| grave
|-
|-
| hautajaiset
| hengenahdistus || shortness of breath
| funeral
|-
|-
| hautaus(toimitus)
| henkikirja || tax list, census
| funeral
|-
|-
| hautausmaa
| henkikirjoitus || census
| cemetery
|-
|-
| he
| henkilö || person
| they
|-
|-
| heidän
| henkilöhakemisto || name index
| their, theirs
|-
|-
| heikkous
| henkilötiedot || personal data
| weakness (of old age)
|-
|-
| heimo
| herra || Mr., sir
| tribe, clan, family
|-
|-
| heinäkuu
| Herran ehtoollinen || communion
| July
|-
|-
| helmikuu
| herrasväki || gentry, Mr. and Mrs.
| February
|-
|-
| hengenahdistus
| herttua || duke
| shortness of breath
|-
|-
| henkikirja
| herttuakunta || duchy
| tax list, census
|-
|-
| henkikirjoitus
| herttuatar || duchess
| census
|-
|-
| henkilö
| heti || right away, immediately
| person
|-
|-
| henkilöhakemisto
| hiippakunta || diocese
| name index
|-
|-
| henkilötiedot
| hinkuyskä || whooping cough
| personal data
|-
|-
| herra
| historia || history
| Mr., sir
|-
|-
| Herran ehtoollinen
| historiakirjat || births, marriages, deaths and moving in /out
| communion
|-
|-
| herrasväki
| holhokki || minor person under legal guardianship
| gentry, Mr. and Mrs.
|-
|-
| herttua
| holhooja || guardian
| duke
|-
|-
| herttuakunta
| holhous || guardianship
| duchy
|-
|-
| herttuatar
| hopeaseppä || silversmith
| duchess
|-
|-
| heti
| hovioikeus || court of appeals
| right away, immediately
|-
|-
| hiippakunta
| hautajaiset || burial
| diocese
|-
|-
| hinkuyskä
| huhtikuu || April
| whooping cough
|-
|-
| historia
| hukkunut || drowned, lost
| history
|-
|-
| historiakirjat
| huomautuksia || remarks
| births, marriages, and deaths
|-
|-
| holhokki
| huomautus || remark
| minor person under legal guardianship
|-
|-
| holhooja
| huomenna || tomorrow
| guardian
|-
|-
| holhous
| huonekalupuuseppä || cabinetmaker, furniture maker
| guardianship
|-
|-
| hopeaseppä
| huora || whore
| silversmith
|-
|-
| hovioikeus
| husaari || light cavalryman
| court of appeals
|-
|-
| huatajaiset
| huutolainen || pauper receiving his sustenance from the parish
| burial
|-
|-
| huhtikuu
| huutolaislapsi || pauper child receiving his sustenance from the parish
| April
|-
|-
| hukkunut
| hyvä || good
| drowned, lost
|-
|-
| huomautuksia
| hän || he, she
| remarks
|-
|-
| huomautus
| hänen || his, her, hers
| remark
|-
|-
| huomenna
| hätäkaste || emergency baptism
| tomorrow
|-
|-
| huonekalupuuseppä
| hääpäivä || wedding day, date
| cabinetmaker, furniture maker
|-
|-
| huora
| häät || wedding
| whore
|}
|-
 
| husaari
===I===
| light cavalryman
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| huutolainen
| ikä || age
| pauper receiving his sustenance from the parish
|-
|-
| huutolaislapsi
| ikäkirjat || church census
| pauper child receiving his sustenance from the parish
|-
|-
| hyvä
| illalla || in the evening
| good
|-
|-
| hän
| ilman || without
| he, she
|-
|-
| hänen
| ilmoittaa || to declare
| his, her, hers
|-
|-
| hätäkaste
| ilta || evening
| emergency baptism
|-
|-
| hääpäivä
| iltapäivä || afternoon
| wedding day, date
|-
|-
| häät
| iltapäivällä || in the afternoon
|  
|-
|-
| <br>
| inventaario || inventory
|  
|-
|-
| '''I'''
| irtolainen || vagabond
|  
|-
|-
| ikä
| iso || large, big, great
| age
|-
|-
| ikäkirjat
| iso-iso-isä || great-grandfather
| church census
|-
|-
| illalla
| iso-iso-äiti || great-grandmother
| in the evening
|-
|-
| ilman
| isoisä || grandfather
| without
|-
|-
| ilmoittaa
| isorokko || smallpox
| to declare
|-
|-
| ilta
| isovanhemmat || grandparents
| evening
|-
|-
| iltapäivä
| isoäiti || grandmother
| afternoon
|-
|-
| iltapäivällä
| isä || father
| in the afternoon
|-
|-
| inventaario
| isänisä || grandfather (paternal)
| inventory
|-
|-
| irtolainen
| isäntä || proprietor, host, landlord, farmer
| vagabond
|-
|-
| iso
| isänäiti || grandmother (paternal)
| large, big, great
|-
|-
| iso-iso-isä
| isäpuoli || stepfather
| great-grandfather
|-
|-
| iso-iso-äiti
| isätön || fatherless
| great-grandmother
|-
|-
| isoisä
| itse || self
| grandfather
|-
|-
| isorokko
| itsellinen || tenant farmer
| smallpox
|-
|-
| isovanhemmat
| itä || east
| grandparents
|-
|-
| isoäiti
| iäkäs || aged
| grandmother
|}
 
===J===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| isä
| ja || and
| father
|-
|-
| isänisä
| jalkavaimo || concubine
| grandfather (paternal)
|-
|-
| isäntä
| jalkaväki || infantry
| proprietor, host, landlord, farmer
|-
|-
| isänäiti
| johto || administration, leadership
| grandmother (paternal)
|-
|-
| isäpuoli
| joka || which, who, every
| stepfather
|-
|-
| isätön
| jokainen || each, every
| fatherless
|-
|-
| itse
| jokavuotuinen || annual
| self
|-
|-
| itsellinen
| joki || river
| tenant farmer
|-
|-
| itä
| joskus [1890] luvulla || sometime in the [1890s]
| east
|-
|-
| iäkäs
| josta || from which
| aged
|-
|-
| <br>
| joten || thus
|  
|-
|-
| '''J'''
| joulu || Christmas
|  
|-
|-
| ja
| joulukuu || December
| and
|-
|-
| jalkavaimo
| julistettu (kuolleeksi) || declared (dead)
| concubine
|-
|-
| jalkaväki
| juomanpanija || brewer
| infantry
|-
|-
| johto
| juoppous || intoxication
| administration, leadership
|-
|-
| joka
| jälkeen || after
| which, who, every
|-
|-
| jokainen
| jälkeenjäänyt || surviving, survivor, retarded
| each, every
|-
|-
| jokavuotuinen
| jälkeläinen || descendant
| annual
|-
|-
| joki
| jälkimmäinen || latter, last
| river
|-
|-
| joskus [1890] luvulla
| jalkinekorjaaja || shoemaker
| sometime in the [1890s]
|-
|-
| josta
| järvi || lake
| from which
|-
|-
| joten
| jäsen(enä) || (as a) member
| thus
|-
|-
| joulu
| jäänyt || left, remaining
| Christmas
|}
 
===K===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| joulukuu
| k. (kuollut) || dead
| December
|-
|-
| julistettu (kuolleeksi)
| kaatumatauti || epilepsy
| declared (dead)
|-
|-
| juomanpanija
| kado(ta) (-nnut) || lose, lost
| brewer
|-
|-
| juoppous
| kahdeksan || eight
| intoxication
|-
|-
| jälkeen
| kahdeksantoista || eighteen
| after
|-
|-
| jälkeenjäänyt
| kahdeksas || eighth
| surviving, survivor, retarded
|-
|-
| jälkeläinen
| kahdeksastoista || eighteenth
| descendant
|-
|-
| jälkimmäinen
| kahdeskymmenes || twentieth
| latter, last
|-
|-
| jalkinekorjaaja
| kahdeskymmenesensimmäinen || twenty-first
| shoemaker
|-
|-
| järvi
| kahdeskymmeneskahdeksas || twenty-eighth
| lake
|-
|-
| jäsen(enä)
| kahdeskymmeneskolmas || twenty-third
| (as a) member
|-
|-
| jäänyt
| kahdeskymmeneskuudes || twenty-sixth
| left, remaining
|-
|-
| <br>
| kahdeskymmenesneljäs || twenty-fourth
|  
|-
|-
| '''K'''
| kahdeskymmenesseitemäs || twenty-seventh
|  
|-
|-
| k. (kuollut)
| kahdeskymmenestoinen || twenty-second
| dead
|-
|-
| kaatumatauti
| kahdeskymmenesviides || twenty-fifth
| epilepsy
|-
|-
| kado(ta) (-nnut)
| kahdeskymmenesyhdeksäs || twenty-ninth
| lose, lost
|-
|-
| kahdeksan
| kahdestoista || twelfth
| eight
|-
|-
| kahdeksantoista
| kaikki || all
| eighteen
|-
|-
| kahdeksas
| kaima || namesake
| eighth
|-
|-
| kahdeksastoista
| kaivos || mine
| eighteenth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes
| kaivostyöläinen || miner
| twentieth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-ensimmäinen
| kaksi || two
| twenty-first
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-kahdeksas
| kaksikymmentä || twenty
| twenty-eighth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-kolmas
| kaksikymmentäkahdeksan || twenty-eight
| twenty-third
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-kuudes
| kaksikymmentäkaksi || twenty-two
| twenty-sixth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-neljäs
| kaksikymmentäkolme || twenty-three
| twenty-fourth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-seitemäs
| kaksikymmentäkuusi || twenty-six
| twenty-seventh
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-toinen
| kaksikymmentäneljä || twenty-four
| twenty-second
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-viides
| kaksikymmentäseitsemän || twenty-seven
| twenty-fifth
|-
|-
| kahdeskymmenes-yhdeksäs
| kaksikymmentäviisi || twenty-five
| twenty-ninth
|-
|-
| kahdestoista
| kaksikymmentäyhdeksän || twenty-nine
| twelfth
|-
|-
| kaikki
| kaksikymmentäyksi || twenty-one
| all
|-
|-
| kaima
| kaksitoista || twelve
| namesake
|-
|-
| kaivos
| kakso(nen) (-set) || twin(s)
| mine
|-
|-
| kaivostyöläinen
| kaksoiskappale || duplicate record
| miner
|-
|-
| kaksi
| kalastaja || fisherman
| two
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä
| kallio || hill
| twenty
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-kahdeksan
| kalustoluettelo || inventory
| twenty-eight
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-kaksi
| kankuri || weaver
| twenty-two
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-kolme
| kansa || people
| twenty-three
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-kuusi
| kansalainen || citizen
| twenty-six
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-neljä
| Kansallisarkisto || state archives
| twenty-four
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-seitsemän
| kansallisuus || nationality
| twenty-seven
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-viisi
| kanssa || with
| twenty-five
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-yhdeksän
| kantaisä || male progenitor
| twenty-nine
|-
|-
| kaksikymmentä-yksi
| kantaäiti || female progenitor
| twenty-one
|-
|-
| kaksitoista
| kantoluettelot || tax assessment rolls
| twelve
|-
|-
| kakso(nen) (-set)
| kappalainen || assistant minister
| twin(s)
|-
|-
| kaksoiskappale
| kappeli || chapel
| duplicate record
|-
|-
| kalastaja
| kara(ta) (-nnut) || to run away
| fisherman
|-
|-
| kallio
| karjakko || milkmaid
| hill
|-
|-
| kalustoluettelo
| karjapaimen || herdsman
| inventory
|-
|-
| kankuri
| karkuri || runaway, fugitive, deserter
| weaver
|-
|-
| kansa
| kartano || manorial estate
| people
|-
|-
| kansalainen
| kartta || map
| citizen
|-
|-
| Kansallisarkisto
| kastamaton || unbaptized
| state archives
|-
|-
| kansallisuus
| kaste || christening, baptism
| nationality
|-
|-
| kanssa
| kastekirja || record of baptisms
| with
|-
|-
| kantaisä
| kastenimi || given name
| male progenitor
|-
|-
| kantaäiti
| kastettu(t) || baptized, (births)
| female progenitor
|-
|-
| kantoluettelot
| kasvain || tumor
| tax assessment rolls
|-
|-
| kappalainen
| kasvatti(lapsi) || foster child
| assistant minister
|-
|-
| kappeli
| kasvattivanhemmat || foster parents
| chapel
|-
|-
| kara(ta) (-nnut)
| katselmuspöytäkirjat || visitations
| to run away
|-
|-
| karjakko
| katu || street
| milkmaid
|-
|-
| karjapaimen
| kauppala || country town
| herdsman
|-
|-
| karkuri
| kauppias || shopkeeper, merchant
| runaway, fugitive, deserter
|-
|-
| kartano
| kaupunki || city, town
| manorial estate
|-
|-
| kartta
| kautta || via
| map
|-
|-
| kastamaton
| keisari || emperor, czar
| unbaptized
|-
|-
| kaste
| keisarillinen || imperial
| christening, baptism
|-
|-
| kastekirja
| kelloseppä || watchmaker
| record of baptisms
|-
|-
| kastenimi
| keltatauti || jaundice
| given name
|-
|-
| kastettu(t)
| kerjäläinen || beggar
| baptized, (births)
|-
|-
| kasvain
| kerta || times
| tumor
|-
|-
| kasvatti(lapsi)
| keskellä || in the middle
| foster child
|-
|-
| kasvattivanhemmat
| keskenmeno || miscarriage
| foster parents
|-
|-
| katselmuspöytäkirjat
| keskipäivä || noon, midday
| visitations
|-
|-
| katu
| keskiviikko || Wednesday
| street
|-
|-
| kauppala
| keskiyö || midnight
| country town
|-
|-
| kauppias
| keskonen || prematurely born child
| shopkeeper, merchant
|-
|-
| kaupunki
| kesä || summer
| city, town
|-
|-
| kautta
| kesäkuu || June
| via
|-
|-
| keisari
| keuhkotauti || consumption, tuberculosis
| emperor, czar
|-
|-
| keisarillinen
| kevät || spring
| imperial
|-
|-
| kelloseppä
| kieli || language, tongue
| watchmaker
|-
|-
| keltatauti
| kihlakunnanoikeus || rural district court
| jaundice
|-
|-
| kerjäläinen
| kihlakunta || rural civil district
| beggar
|-
|-
| kerta
| kihlattu || engaged, betrothed
| times
|-
|-
| keskellä
| kihlaus || engagement
| in the middle
|-
|-
| keskenmeno
| keuhkotulehdus || pneumonia
| miscarriage
|-
|-
| keskipäivä
| kihti || gout
| noon, midday
|-
|-
| keskiviikko
| kilometri || kilometer
| Wednesday
|-
|-
| keskiyö
| kinkeriasiakirjat || catechetical meeting records
| midnight
|-
|-
| keskonen
| kinkerit || catechetical meeting, household examination
| prematurely born child
|-
|-
| kesä
| kirja || book, register
| summer
|-
|-
| kesäkuu
| kirjaaja || register
| June
|-
|-
| keuhkotauti
| kirjansitoja || bookbinder
| consumption, tuberculosis
|-
|-
| kevät
| kirjanpitäjä || bookkeeper
| spring
|-
|-
| kieli
| kirjasto || library
| language, tongue
|-
|-
| kihlakunnanoikeus
| kirje(et) || letter(s)
| rural district court
|-
|-
| kihlakunta
| postinkantaja || mailman
| rural civil district
|-
|-
| kihlattu
| kirjeenvaihto || correspondence, letters
| engaged, betrothed
|-
|-
| kihlaus
| kirjuri || clerk, scribe
| engagement
|-
|-
| kihlkeuhkotulehdus
| kirkko || church
| pneumonia
|-
|-
| kihti
| kirkkoherra || minister, priest
| gout
|-
|-
| kilometri
| kirkkoherranvirasto || office of the parish minister
| kilometer
|-
|-
| kinkeriasiakirjat
| kirkon asiakirjat || church records
| catechetical meeting records
|-
|-
| kinkerit
| kirkonkirja || parish register
| catechetical meeting, household examination
|-
|-
| kirja
| kirvesmies || carpenter
| book, register
|-
|-
| kirjaaja
| kisälli || journeyman
| register
|-
|-
| kirjannitoja
| kohtaus || seizures, illness
| bookbinder
|-
|-
| kirjanpitäjä
| kolera || cholera
| bookkeeper
|-
|-
| kirjasto
| kolmas || third
| library
|-
|-
| kirje(et)
| kolmaskymmenes || thirtieth
| letter(s)
|-
|-
| kirjeenkantaja
| kolmaskymmenesensimmäinen || thirty-first
| mailman
|-
|-
| kirjekirjat
| kolmastoista || thirteenth
| correspondence, letters
|-
|-
| kirjuri
| kolme || three
| clerk, scribe
|-
|-
| kirkko
| kolmekymmentä || thirty
| church
|-
|-
| kirkkoherra
| kolmekymmentäyksi || thirty-one
| minister, priest
|-
|-
| kirkkoherranvirasto
| kolmetoista || thirteen
| office of the parish minister
|-
|-
| kirkon asiakirjat
| kolmoset || triplets
| records regarding the church building
|-
|-
| kirkonkirja
| koneenkäyttäjä || machinist
| parish register
|-
|-
| kirvesmies
| korkea || high
| carpenter
|-
|-
| kisälli
| korkea ikä || old (high) age
| journeyman
|-
|-
| kohtaus
| korkeinoikeus || supreme court
| seizures, illness
|-
|-
| kolera
| kortisto || card index
| cholera
|-
|-
| kolmas
| kortteli || block
| third
|-
|-
| kolmaskymmenes
| koska || when, because of
| thirtieth
|-
|-
| kolmaskymmenes-ensimmäinen
| kot(i) (-ona) || (at) home
| thirty-first
|-
|-
| kolmastoista
| kotimaa || homeland, native land
| thirteenth
|-
|-
| kolme
| asuinpaikka || residence
| three
|-
|-
| kolmekymmentä
| kotirouva || housewife
| thirty
|-
|-
| kolmekymmentä-yksi
| koulu || school
| thirty-one
|-
|-
| kolmetoista
| kouluasiakirjat || school documents
| thirteen
|-
|-
| kolmoset
| kouristus || convulsions, cramps
| triplets
|-
|-
| koneenkäyttäjä
| kramppi || cramps, convulsions
| machinist
|-
|-
| korkea
| kreikkalaiskatolinen, ortodoksi || (Eastern) Orthodox
| high
|-
|-
| korkea ikä
| kreivi || count (earl)
| old (high) age
|-
|-
| korkein oikeus
| krenatööri, jalkaväkimies || infantryman, grenadier
| supreme court
|-
|-
| kortisto
| kristinoppi || (knowledge of) Christian doctrine
| card index
|-
|-
| kortteli
| kruunu || crown, state, government
| block
|-
|-
| koska
| kuin || as
| when, because of
|-
|-
| kot(i) (-ona)
| kuinka || how
| (at) home
|-
|-
| kotimaa
| kuka || who
| homeland, native land
|-
|-
| kotipaikka
| kulkuri || vagabond
| residence
|-
|-
| kotirouva
| kulkutauti || epidemic
| housewife
|-
|-
| koulu
| kultaseppä || goldsmith
| school
|-
|-
| kouluasiakirjat
| kuluva || current
| school documents
|-
|-
| kouristus
| kummi(t) || sponsor(s), godmother, godfather
| convulsions, cramps
|-
|-
| kramppi
| kun(ta) (-nat) || parish(es), commune(s)
| cramps, convulsions
|-
|-
| kreikkalaiskatolinen
| kuningas || king
| (Eastern) Orthodox
|-
|-
| kreivi
| kuningaskunta || kingdom
| count (earl)
|-
|-
| krenatööri
| kuningatar || queen
| infantryman, grenadier
|-
|-
| kristinoppi
| kuninkaallinen || royal
| (knowledge of) Christian doctrine
|-
|-
| kruunu
| kunniallinen || honest
| crown, state, government
|-
|-
| kuin
| kunta || municipality
| as
|-
|-
| kuinka
| kuolema || death
| how
|-
|-
| kuka
| kuoli || died
| who
|-
|-
| kulkuri
| kuoli ilman perillisiä || died without issue (any heir)
| vagabond
|-
|-
| kulkutauti
| kuolinilmoitus || obituary
| epidemic
|-
|-
| kultaseppä
| kuolinpesä || death estate
| goldsmith
|-
|-
| kuluva
| kuolinsyy || cause of death
| current
|-
|-
| kummi(t)
| kuolintodistus || death certificate
| sponsor(s), godmother, godfather
|-
|-
| kun(ta) (-nat)
| kuolleena syntynyt || stillborn
| parish(es), commune(s)
|-
|-
| kuningas
| kuolleet || deaths, death records
| king
|-
|-
| kuningaskunta
| kuollut || dead, died
| kingdom
|-
|-
| kuningatar
| kuppa || syphilis
| queen
|-
|-
| kuninkaallinen
| kurkkumätä || diphtheria
| royal
|-
|-
| kunniallinen
| kuski || coachman
| honest
|-
|-
| kunta
| kuten || as
| municipality
|-
|-
| kuolema
| kutsu(a) (-ttu) || call(ed)
| death
|-
|-
| kuoli
| kuudes || sixth
| died
|-
|-
| kuoli ilman perillisiä
| kuudestoista || sixteenth
| died without issue
|-
|-
| kuolinilmoitus
| kuukausi || month
| obituary
|-
|-
| kuolinpesä
| kuulustelu || examination
| death estate
|-
|-
| kuolinsyy
| kuulutetut || banns, marriage intentions
| cause of death
|-
|-
| kuolintoclistus
| kuume || fever
| death certificate
|-
|-
| kuolleena syntynyt
| kuuro(mykkä) || deaf (and dumb)
| stillborn
|-
|-
| kuolleet
| kuusi || six
| deaths, death records
|-
|-
| kuollut
| kuusitoista || sixteen
| dead, died
|-
|-
| kuppa
| kylä || village
| syphilis
|-
|-
| kurkkumätä
| kymmenen || ten
| diphtheria
|-
|-
| kuski
| kymmenes || tenth
| coachman
|-
|-
| kuten
| käly || sister-in-law
| as
|-
|-
| kutsu(a) (-ttu)
| käräjäkunta || primary rural judicial district, assize division
| call(ed)
|-
|-
| kuudes
| käräjät || local court, assizes
| sixth
|-
|-
| kuudestoista
| käsikirja || manual
| sixteenth
|-
|-
| kuukausi
| käsityöläinen || artisan
| month
|-
|-
| kuulustelu
| kätilö || midwife
| examination
|-
|-
| kuulutetut
| käytös || conduct
| banns, marriage intentions
|-
|-
| kuume
| kääntymys || conversion
| fever
|-
|-
| kuuro(mykkä)
| köyhä || poor
| deaf (and dumb)
|-
|-
| kuusi
| köyhäinhoitoasiakirjat || poor relief records
| six
|-
|-
| kuusitoista
| köyhäintalo || poorhouse
| sixteen
|-
|-
| kylä
| köyhien luettelot || poor relief records
| village
|}
 
===L===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| kymmenen
| laakso || valley
| ten
|-
|-
| kymmenes
| laamanni(n)oikeus || lower court of appeal
| tenth
|-
|-
| käly
| lahja || gift, donation
| sister-in-law
|-
|-
| käräjäkunta
| lahjoitus || donations
| primary rural judicial district, assize division
|-
|-
| käräjät
| laillinen || legal, legitimate
| local court, assizes
|-
|-
| käsikirja
| laiskanlukijat || lazy readers
| manual
|-
|-
| käsityöläinen
| laiva || boat
| artisan
|-
|-
| kätilö
| laki || law
| midwife
|-
|-
| käytös
| lamp. (lampuoti) || tenant farmer
| conduct
|-
|-
| kääntymys
| lanko || brother-in-law
| conversion
|-
|-
| köyhä
| lap(si) (-set) || child(ren)
| poor
|-
|-
| köyhäinhoitoasiakirjat
| lapsenlapsi || grandchild
| poor relief records
|-
|-
| köyhäintalo
| lapseton || childless
| poorhouse
|-
|-
| köyhien luettelot
| lapsihalvaus || polio
| poor relief records
|-
| <br>
|  
|-
|-
| '''L'''
| lasinleikkaaja || glass cutter, glazier
|  
|-
|-
| laakso
| lastenkirjat || preconfirmation roll
| valley
|-
|-
| laamanni(n)oikeus
| lastenkoti || orphanage
| lower court of appeal
|-
|-
| lahja
| Latvia || Latvia
| gift, donation
|-
|-
| lahjoitus
| Latvialainen || Latvian
| donations
|-
|-
| laillinen
| lauantai || Saturday
| legal, legitimate
|-
|-
| laiskanlukijat
| lautamies || juror
| list of slow readers
|-
|-
| laiva
| lavantauti || typhoid fever
| boat
|-
|-
| laki
| leipuri || baker
| law
|-
|-
| lamp. (lampuoti)
| leski || widow, widower
| tenant farmer
|-
|-
| lanko
| levyseppä || sheet metal worker
| brother-in-law
|-
|-
| lap(si) (-set)
| Liettua || Lithuania
| child(ren)
|-
|-
| lapsenlapsi
| liettualainen || Lithuanian
| grandchild
|-
|-
| lapseton
| linna || castle, jail
| childless
|-
|-
| lapsihalvaus
| lki. (leski) || widow, widower
| polio
|-
|-
| lasinleikkaaja
| loinen || dependent lodger
| glass cutter, glazier
|-
|-
| lastenkirjat
| lois. || dependent lodger
| preconfirmation roll
|-
|-
| lastenkoti
| lokakuu || October
| orphanage
|-
|-
| Latvia
| luettelo || list, index, directory
| Latvia
|-
|-
| Latvialainen
| lukkari || cantor, parish clerk
| Latvian
|-
|-
| lauantai
| luku || number
| Saturday
|-
|-
| lautamies
| lukutaito || ability to read, literacy
| juror
|-
|-
| lavantauti
| lunastus || fee
| typhoid fever
|-
|-
| leipuri
| luona || at
| baker
|-
|-
| leski
| luonnollinen kuolema || natural death
| widow, widower
|-
|-
| levyseppä
| luostari || monastery
| sheet metal worker
|-
|-
| Liettua
| lupa || permission
| Lithuania
|-
|-
| liettualainen
| luterilainen || Lutheran
| Lithuanian
|-
|-
| linna
| luumätä || caries, bone rot
| castle, jail
|-
|-
| lki. (leski)
| lähellä || near
| widow, widower
|-
|-
| loinen
| lähtenyt || departed
| dependent lodger
|-
|-
| lois.
| länsi || west
| dependent lodger
|-
|-
| lokakuu
| läpi || through
| October
|-
|-
| luettelo
| läsnä || present
| list, index, directory
|-
|-
| lukkari
| läsnäolo || presence
| cantor, parish clerk
|-
|-
| luku
| lääkäri || physician
| number
|-
|-
| lukutaito
| lääni || county
| ability to read, literacy
|-
|-
| lunastus
| lääninhallitus || county government
| fee
|-
|-
| luona
| löytölapsi || foundling
| at
|}
 
===M===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| luonnollinen kuolema
| maa || land, country, earth
| natural death
|-
|-
| luostari
| maakirja || land record
| monastery
|-
|-
| lupa
| maakunta || province
| permission
|-
|-
| luterilainen
| maakunta-arkisto || provincial archives
| Lutheran
|-
|-
| luumätä
| maalaiskunta (mlk.)|| rural municipality near a city (civil administration unit) [https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalaiskunta]
| caries
|-
|-
| lähellä
| maalari || painter
| near
|-
|-
| lähtenyt
| maaliskuu || March
| departed
|-
|-
| länsi
| maanantai || Monday
| west
|-
|-
| läpi
| maanjako-oikeuden asiakirjat || documents of parcelling of land
| through
|-
|-
| läsnä
| maanmittari || surveyor
| present
|-
|-
| läsnäolo
| maanviljelijä || farmer
| presence
|-
|-
| lääkäri
| maaseurakunta (msk., msrk.) || rural parish (church administration) equivalent to Swedish: ''landsförsamling'' [https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaseurakunta]
| physician
|-
|-
| lääni
| maasta muuttanut || emigrated
| county
|-
|-
| lääninhallitus
| maattu nainen || woman who has had illicit relations
| county government
|-
|-
| löytölapsi
| maine(todistus) || (certificate of) character
| foundling
|-
|-
| <br>
| mainittu || said, stated
|  
|-
|-
| '''M'''
| maistraatti || city administration, magistrate
|  
|-
|-
| maa
| majatalo || inn
| land, country, earth
|-
|-
| maakirja
| makkarantekijä || sausage maker
| land record
|-
|-
| maakunta
| maksatauti || liver disease
| province
|-
|-
| maakunta-arkisto
| manttaali || assessment unit of land
| provincial archives
|-
|-
| maalaiskunta
| manttaaliluettelo || tax list, census
| rural parish near a city
|-
|-
| maalari
| marraskuu || November
| painter
|-
|-
| maaliskuu
| matruusi || sailor
| March
|-
|-
| maanantai
| me || we
| Monday
|-
|-
| maanjako-oikeuden asiakirjat
| meidän || our, ours
| documents of parcelling of land
|-
|-
| maanmittari
| mekaanikko || machinist
| surveyor
|-
|-
| maanviljelijä
| mennyt(aika) || the past
| farmer
|-
|-
| maasta muuttanut
| meri || sea
| emigrated
|-
|-
| maattu nainen
| merimies || sailor
| woman who has had illicit relations
|-
|-
| maine(todistus)
| merkintä || entry, remark
| (certificate of) character
|-
|-
| mainittu
| merkitty || entered, noted
| said, stated
|-
|-
| maistraatti
| mestari || master, expert
| city administration, magistrate
|-
|-
| majatalo
| metsä || forest
| inn
|-
|-
| makkarantekijä
| metsänhoitaja || forester
| sausage maker
|-
|-
| maksatauti
| metsästäjä || hunter
| liver disease
|-
|-
| manttaali
| miehistö || crew
| assessment unit of land
|-
|-
| manttaaliluettelo
| mies || man, husband
| tax list, census
|-
|-
| marraskuu
| miespuolinen || male
| November
|-
|-
| matruusi
| miilunpolttaja || charcoal burner
| sailor
|-
|-
| me
| miksi || why
| we
|-
|-
| meidan
| mikä || what, which
| our, ours
|-
|-
| mekaanikko
| miniä || daughter-in-law
| machinist
|-
|-
| mennyt(aika)
| minun || my, mine
| the past
|-
|-
| meri
| minuutti || minute
| sea
|-
|-
| merimies
| minä || I
| sailor
|-
|-
| merkintä
| missä || where
| entry, remark
|-
|-
| merkitty
| mitätön || minor, insignificant
| entered, noted
|-
|-
| mestari
| m.n. (maattu nainen) || woman who has had illicit relations
| master, expert
|-
|-
| metsä
| molemmat || both
| forest
|-
|-
| metsänhoitaja
| molempien || belonging to both
| forester
|-
|-
| metsästäjä
| monenlainen || various
| hunter
|-
|-
| miehistö
| morsian || bride, fiancée
| crew
|-
|-
| mies
| morsiuspari || bridal couple
| man, husband
|-
|-
| miespuolinen
| muistiinpano || record, note, entry
| male
|-
|-
| miilunpolttaja
| mummo || grandmother
| charcoal burner
|-
|-
| miksi
| muonamies || farmworker receiving wages in commodities
| why
|-
|-
| mikä
| murha(ttu) || murder(ed)
| what, which
|-
|-
| miniä
| mutta || but
| daughter-in-law
|-
|-
| minun
| muurari || mason, bricklayer
| my, mine
|-
|-
| minuutti
| muut asiakirjat || miscellaneous documents
| minute
|-
|-
| minä
| muutt(i) (-anut) || moved
| I
|-
|-
| missä
| muuttaneet || moving record
| where
|-
|-
| mitätön
| muuttokirja || certificate of moving
| minor, insignificant
|-
|-
| m.n. (maattu nainen)
| mylly || mill
| woman who has had illicit relations
|-
|-
| molemmat
| mylläri || miller
| both
|-
|-
| molempien
| myrkytys || poisoning
| belonging to both
|-
|-
| monenlainen
| myöhäinen || late (p.m.)
| various
|-
|-
| morsiain
| myös(kin) || also
| bride, fiancée
|-
|-
| morsiuspari
| mäkitupalainen || cottager
| bridal couple
|-
|-
| muistiinpano
| mökki || cottage
| record, note, entry
|}
 
===N===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| mummo
| naapuri || neighbor
| grandmother
|-
|-
| muonamies
| nahkuri || tanner
| farmworker receiving wages in commodities
|-
|-
| murha(ttu)
| naida || to marry
| murder(ed)
|-
|-
| mutta
| naimaton || single, unmarried
| but
|-
|-
| muurari
| naimattomana || unmarried (at the given time)
| mason, bricklayer
|-
|-
| muut asiakirjat
| naimisissa || married
| miscellaneous documents
|-
|-
| muutt(i) (-anut)
| nainen || woman
| moved
|-
|-
| muuttaneet
| naispuolinen || female
| moving record
|-
|-
| muuttokirja
| neiti || Miss
| certificate of moving
|-
|-
| mylly
| neitsyt || virgin
| mill
|-
|-
| mylläri
| neljä || four
| miller
|-
|-
| myrkytys
| neljäs || fourth
| poisoning
|-
|-
| myöhäinen
| neljästoista || fourteenth
| late (p.m.)
|-
|-
| myös(kin)
| neljätoista || fourteen
| also
|-
|-
| mäkitupalainen
| nikkari || carpenter
| cottager
|-
|-
| mökki
| nimetön || anonymous, unknown, unnamed
| cottage
|-
|-
| <br>
| nimi || name
|  
|-
|-
| '''N'''
| nimismies || rural police chief
|  
|-
|-
| naapuri
| noin || approximately
| neighbor
|-
|-
| nahkuri
| Norja || Norway
| tanner
|-
|-
| naida
| norjalainen || Norwegian
| to marry
|-
|-
| naimaton
| notariaatti || notary
| single, unmarried
|-
|-
| naimattomana
| numero || number
| unmarried (at the given time)
|-
|-
| naimisissa
| nuo || those
| married
|-
|-
| nainen
| nuohooja || chimney sweeper
| woman
|-
|-
| naispuolinen
| nuorempi || (the) younger
| female
|-
|-
| neiti
| nuori(n) || young(est)
| Miss
|-
|-
| neitsyt
| nuorimies || youth, unmarried man, bachelor
| virgin
|-
|-
| neljä
| nuori piika || maid, unmarried woman
| four
|-
|-
| neljäs
| nuori poika || youth, unmarried man, bachelor
| fourth
|-
|-
| neljästoista
| nuorukainen || young man
| fourteenth
|-
|-
| neljätoista
| nykyinen || present, current
| fourteen
|-
|-
| nikkari
| nälkä || hunger
| carpenter
|}
 
===O===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| nimi
| oikea || right (direction)
| name
|-
|-
| nimismies
| oikeus || right, court
| rural police chief
|-
|-
| noin
| oli || was
| approximately
|-
|-
| Norja
| olivat || were
| Norway
|-
|-
| norjalainen
| olla || to be
| Norwegian
|-
|-
| notariaatti
| olosuhteet || circumstances
| notary
|-
|-
| numero
| oluenpanija || brewer
| number
|-
|-
| nuo
| oma || own (adjective)
| those
|-
|-
| nuohooja
| omaa sukua || maiden name, née
| chimney sweeper
|-
|-
| nuorempi
| omainen || relative
| (the) younger
|-
|-
| nuori(n)
| omaisuus || property
| young(est)
|-
|-
| nuorimies
| omistaa || to have, to own
| youth, unmarried man, bachelor
|-
|-
| nuoripiika
| omistaja || owner
| maid, unmarried woman
|-
|-
| nuoripoika
| on || is
| youth, unmarried man, bachelor
|-
|-
| nuorukainen
| opettaja || teacher
| young man
|-
|-
| nykyinen
| opiskelija || student (at university)
| present, current
|-
|-
| nälkä
| oppilas || student (grades 1 to 12), apprentice
| hunger
|-
|-
| <br>
| orpo || orphan
|  
|-
|-
| '''O'''
| ortodoksi || orthodox
|  
|-
|-
| oikea
| o.s. (omaa sukua) || maiden name, née
| right (direction)
|-
|-
| oikeus
| osa || volume, part
| right, court
|-
|-
| oli
| osoitehakemisto || directory
| was
|-
|-
| olivat
| ote || extract
| were
|-
|-
| olla
| ottolapsi || adopted child
| to be
|-
|-
| olosuhteet
| ottovanhemmat || adoptive parents
| circumstances
|-
|-
| oluenpanija
| ovat || are
| brewer
|}
 
===P===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| oma
| paikka(kunta) || place, locality
| own (adjective)
|-
|-
| omaa sukua
| paikkakuntahakemisto || gazetteer
| maiden name, née
|-
|-
| omainen
| paitatehtailija || shirt maker, shirt manufacturer
| relative
|-
|-
| omaisuus
| pakolainen || refugee, fugitive
| property
|-
|-
| omistaa
| palo || fire
| to have, to own
|-
|-
| omistaja
| palvelija || servant
| owner
|-
|-
| on
| palvelu(s) || service
| is
|-
|-
| opettaja
| papintodistus || official certificate of birth, marriage, or death
| teacher
|-
|-
| opiskelija
| pappi || clergyman, priest
| student (at university)
|-
|-
| oppilas
| pappila || rectory, parsonage
| student (grades 1 to 12), apprentice
|-
|-
| orpo
| pappilan asiakirjat || records of the parsonage
| orphan
|-
|-
| ortodoksi
| pastori || pastor
| orthodox
|-
|-
| o.s. (omaa sukua)
| pastorinkanslia || office of the parish minister
| maiden name, née
|-
|-
| osa
| peltiseppä || tinner, tinsmith
| volume, part
|-
|-
| osoitehakemisto
| penkkijärjestys || pew lists
| directory
|-
|-
| ote
| perhe (suku) || family
| extract
|-
|-
| ottolapsi
| perhehistoria (sukuhistoria) || family history
| adopted child
|-
|-
| ottovanhemmat
| perheluettelo (sukuluettelo) || family register
| adoptive parents
|-
|-
| ovat
| perikunta || the heirs
| are
|-
|-
| <br>
| perillinen || heir
|  
|-
|-
| '''P'''
| perinnönjako || distribution of an inheritance
|  
|-
|-
| paikka(kunta)
| perintö || inheritance
| place, locality
|-
|-
| paikkakuntahakemisto
| perintötila || family (or inherited) estate
| gazetteer
|-
|-
| paitatehtailija
| perjantai || Friday
| shirt maker, shirt manufacturer
|-
|-
| pakolainen
| peru(n)kirjat || private inventories of the deceased\'s property
| refugee, fugitive
|-
|-
| palo
| perunjakokirjat || private inventories of the deceased\'s property
| fire
|-
|-
| palvelija
| perunkirjoitus || estate inventory, probate
| servant
|-
|-
| palvelu(s)
| pieni || little, small
| service
|-
|-
| papintodistus
| piika || maid, unmarried woman
| official certificate of birth, marriage, or death
|-
|-
| pappi
| pikkulapsi || infant
| clergyman, priest
|-
|-
| pappila
| pikkuserkku || second cousin
| rectory, parsonage
|-
|-
| pappilan asiakirjat
| pitäjä(läinen) || parish(ioner)
| records of the parsonage
|-
|-
| pastori
| pitäjänkokousten pöytäkirjat || minutes of parochial meetings
| pastor
|-
|-
| pastorinkanslia
| pohjoi(s-) (-nen) || north
| office of the parish minister
|-
|-
| peltiseppä
| poika || boy, son
| tinner, tinsmith
|-
|-
| penkkijärjestys
| poikamies || bachelor
| pew lists
|-
|-
| perhe
| pois || away
| family
|-
|-
| perhehistoria
| poismennyt || deceased (adjective)
| family history
|-
|-
| perheluettelo
| pojan poika || grandson, son\'s son
| family register
|-
|-
| perikunta
| pojan tytär || granddaughter, son\'s daughter
| the heirs
|-
|-
| perillinen
| polveutua || descend from
| heir
|-
|-
| perinnönjako
| pormestari || mayor
| distribution of an inheritance
|-
|-
| perintö
| porvari || burgher, tradesman, middle class citizen
| inheritance
|-
|-
| perintötila
| posteljooni || mailman
| family (or inherited) estate
|-
|-
| perjantai
| preussilainen || Prussian
| Friday
|-
|-
| peru(n)kirjat
| prinsessa || princess
| private inventories of the deceased\'s property
|-
|-
| perunjakokirjat
| prinssi || prince
| private inventories of the deceased\'s property
|-
|-
| perunkirjoitus
| protestantti || protestant
| estate inventory, probate
|-
|-
| pieni
| punainen || red
| little, small
|-
|-
| piika
| punatauti || dysentery
| maid, unmarried woman
|-
|-
| pikkulapsi
| puolalainen || Polish (of Poland)
| infant
|-
|-
| pikkuserkku
| puolenpäivän aikaan || at noon
| second cousin
|-
|-
| pitäjä(läinen)  
| -puoli (ending) || step, half
| parish(ioner)
|-
|-
| pitäjänkokousten pöytäkirjat
| puoliso || spouse
| minutes of parochial meetings
|-
|-
| pohjoi(s-) (-nen)
| pursimies || boatswain
| north
|-
|-
| poika
| puuseppä || carpenter, joiner
| boy, son
|-
|-
| poikamies
| puutarhuri || gardener
| bachelor
|-
|-
| pois
| pyhä || holy, sacred, saint
| away
|-
|-
| poismennyt
| pyhäkoululapset || Sunday School children
| deceased (adjective)
|-
|-
| pojan poika
| päin || toward
| grandson, son\'s son
|-
|-
| pojan tytär
| päivä(nä) || day
| granddaughter, son\'s daughter
|-
|-
| polveutua
| päivämäärä || date
| descend from
|-
|-
| pormestari
| päivätyöläinen || day laborer
| mayor
|-
|-
| porvari
| pääkirja || communion book
| burgher, tradesman, middle class citizen
|-
|-
| posteljooni
| pääsiäinen || Easter
| mailman
|-
|-
| preussilainen
| pöytäkirja || minutes
| Prussian
|}
 
===R===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| prinsessa
| raastu(pa) (-vanoikeus) || city court
| princess
|-
|-
| prinssi
| raatihuone || town hall
| prince
|-
|-
| protestantti
| raatimies || council man, municipal judge
| protestant
|-
|-
| punainen
| raha(määrä) || money (sum of)
| red
|-
|-
| punatauti
| rahvas || people, peasantry
| dysentery
|-
|-
| puolalainen
| raja || border
| Polish (of Poland)
|-
|-
| puolenpäivän aikaan
| rakastajatar || concubine
| at noon
|-
|-
| -puoli (ending)
| rakennusmestari || contractor, builder
| step, half
|-
|-
| puoliso
| rakuuna || light cavalryman
| spouse
|-
|-
| pursimies
| rampa || crippled
| boatswain
|-
|-
| puuseppä
| raskaana || pregnant
| carpenter, joiner
|-
|-
| puutarhuri
| ratsumestari || cavalry captain
| gardener
|-
|-
| pyhä
| ratsumies || cavalryman
| holy, sacred, saint
|-
|-
| pyhäkoululapset
| ratsutilallinen || holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
| list of Sunday School children
|-
|-
| päin
| ratsuväki || cavalry (men)
| toward
|-
|-
| päivä(nä)
| rautaseppä || iron smith
| day
|-
|-
| päivämäärä
| rautatie || railroad
| date
|-
|-
| päivätyöläinen
| rehellinen || honest
| day laborer
|-
|-
| pääkirja
| rekisteri || register, index
| communion book
|-
|-
| pääsiäinen
| renki || youth, unmarried man, farmhand
| Easter
|-
|-
| pöytäkirja
| rikollinen || criminal
| minutes
|-
|-
| <br>
| rikos(luettelo) || misdemeanor (list)
|  
|-
|-
| '''R'''
| ripitysluettelo || absolution list
|  
|-
|-
| raastu(pa) (-vanoikeus)
| rippikirja || communion book
| city court
|-
|-
| raatihuone
| rippilapset || confirmations
| town hall
|-
|-
| raatimies
| ripuli || diarrhea
| council man, municipal judge
|-
|-
| raha(määrä)  
| risti(ä) (-itty) || baptize(d)
| money (sum of)
|-
|-
| rahvas
| ristimäaika || baptism date
| people, peasantry
|-
|-
| raja
| ristimänimi || Christian name, first name
| border
|-
|-
| rakastajatar
| ritari || knight
| concubine
|-
|-
| rakennusmestari
| rokko || (small) pox
| contractor, builder
|-
|-
| rakuuna
| rokotetut || vaccinations
| light cavalryman
|-
|-
| rampa
| rouva || Mrs., wife
| crippled
|-
|-
| raskaana
| rovasti(kunta) || dean(ery)
| pregnant
|-
|-
| ratsumestari
| ruhtinaskunta || principality
| cavalry captain
|-
|-
| ratsumies
| rulla || record, roll
| cavalryman
|-
|-
| ratsutilallinen
| rumpali || drummer
| holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
|-
|-
| ratsuväki
| ruokamyrkytys || food poisoning
| cavalry(men)
|-
|-
| rautaseppä
| ruotsalainen || Swede, Swedish
| iron smith
|-
|-
| rautatie
| Ruotsi || Sweden
| railroad
|-
|-
| rehellinen
| ruotu || district maintaining a foot soldier
| honest
|-
|-
| rekisteri
| ruotusotilas || foot soldier
| register, index
|-
|-
| renki
| ruotuvaivainen || pauper, dependent on the \"ruotu\"
| youth, unmarried man, farmhand
|-
|-
| rikollinen
| rusthollari || holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
| criminal
|-
|-
| rikos(luettelo)
| rutto || plague
| misdemeanor (list)
|-
|-
| ripitysluettelo
| ruukki || foundry, mill, industry
| absolution list
|-
|-
| rippikirja
| ruumis || corpse
| communion book
|-
|-
| rippilapset
| rykmentti || regiment
| confirmations
|-
|-
| ripuli
| rälssi || tax exempt, nobility
| diarrhea
|-
|-
| risti(ä) (-itty)
| rälssitila || tax exempt farm
| baptize(d)
|-
|-
| ristimäaika
| räätäli || tailor
| baptism date
|}
 
===S===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| ristimänimi
| s. (syntynyt) || born
| Christian name, first name
|-
|-
| ritari
| saapuneet || arrived, moved in
| knight
|-
|-
| rokko
| saapuneet asiakirjat || correspondence, letters
| (small) pox
|-
|-
| rokotetut
| saapunut || arrived
| vaccinations
|-
|-
| rouva
| saha || sawmill
| Mrs., wife
|-
|-
| rovasti(kunta)
| sairas || sick (person)
| dean(ery)
|-
|-
| ruhtinaskunta
| sairaus || sickness
| principality
|-
|-
| rulla
| sakkoluettelot || lists of fines
| record, roll
|-
|-
| rumpali
| saksalainen || German
| drummer
|-
|-
| ruokamyrkytys
| sama || same
| food poisoning
|-
|-
| ruotsalainen
| sanakirja || dictionary
| Swede, Swedish
|-
|-
| Ruotsi
| sanomalehti || newspaper
| Sweden
|-
|-
| ruotu
| sanottu || said, stated
| district maintaining a foot soldier
|-
|-
| ruotusotilas
| satulantekijä || saddle maker
| foot soldier
|-
|-
| ruotuvaivainen
| savenvalaja || potter
| pauper, dependent on the \"ruotu\"
|-
|-
| rusthollari
| se || it
| holder of farm obliged to furnish a cavalryman
|-
|-
| rutto
| seitsemän || seven
| plague
|-
|-
| ruukki
| seitsemäntoista || seventeen
| foundry, mill, industry
|-
|-
| ruumis
| seitsemäs || seventh
| corpse
|-
|-
| rykmentti
| seitsemästoista || seventeenth
| regiment
|-
|-
| rälssi
| sekä || and, also
| tax exempt, nobility
|-
|-
| rälssitila
| sen || its
| tax exempt farm
|-
|-
| räätäli
| seppä || smith
| tailor
|-
|-
| <br>
| seppä || blacksmith
|  
|-
|-
| '''S'''
| serkku || cousin
|  
|-
|-
| s. (syntynyt)  
| setä || uncle (paternal)
| born
|-
|-
| saapuneet
| seura || society (genealogical)
| arrived, moved in
|-
|-
| saapuneet asiakirjat
| seuraava || next
| correspondence, letters
|-
|-
| saapunut
| seurakunta || parish (religious)
| arrived
|-
|-
| saha
| seutu || region, vicinity
| sawmill
|-
|-
| sairas
| siellä || there
| sick (person)
|-
|-
| sairaus
| siirtolainen || emigrant, immigrant
| sickness
|-
|-
| sakkoluettelot
| siirtolaisrekisteri || emigration records
| lists of fines
|-
|-
| saksalainen
| siirtolaisuus || immigration
| German
|-
|-
| sama
| siirtolaisuus || emigration
| same
|-
|-
| sanakirja
| sikotauti || mumps
| dictionary
|-
|-
| sanomalehti
| sikäläinen || of that place
| newspaper
|-
|-
| sanottu
| silta || bridge
| said, stated
|-
|-
| satulantekijä
| sinun || your, yours (singular)
| saddle maker
|-
|-
| savenvalaja
| sinä || you (singular)
| potter
|-
|-
| se
| sisar || sister
| it
|-
|-
| seitsemän
| sisarenpoika || nephew, sister\'s son
| seven
|-
|-
| seitsemäntoista
| sisarentytär || niece, sister\'s daughter
| seventeen
|-
|-
| seitsemäs
| sisarpuoli || half-sister, stepsister
| seventh
|-
|-
| seitsemästoista
| sisarukset || siblings
| seventeenth
|-
|-
| sekä
| sisko || sister
| and, also
|-
|-
| sen
| sisäinen || inside
| its
|-
|-
| seppä
| sisällysluettelo || register, index
| smith
|-
|-
| seppä
| sisältö || contents
| blacksmith
|-
|-
| serkku
| siviilirekisteri || civil registration
| cousin
|-
|-
| setä
| sivu || page
| uncle (paternal)
|-
|-
| seura
| sokea || blind
| society (genealogical)
|-
|-
| seuraava
| sokeritauti || diabetes
| next
|-
|-
| seurakunta
| sorvari || turner
| parish
|-
|-
| seutu
| sota || war
| region, vicinity
|-
|-
| siellä
| sotamies || soldier
| there
|-
|-
| siirtolainen
| sotaväki || troops, army
| emigrant, immigrant
|-
|-
| siirtolaisrekisteri
| sotilas || soldier, military
| emigration records
|-
|-
| siirtolaisuus
| suku || family
| immigration
|-
|-
| siirtolaisuus
| sukua(olla) || related
| emigration
|-
|-
| sikotauti
| sukukirjat || lineage books
| mumps
|-
|-
| sikäläinen
| sukulainen || relative
| of that place
|-
|-
| silta
| sukulaisuus || relationship
| bridge
|-
|-
| sinun
| sukunimi || surname
| your, yours (singular)
|-
|-
| sinä
| sukupolvi || generation
| you (singular)
|-
|-
| sisar
| sukupuoli || sex
| sister
|-
|-
| sisarenpoika
| sukupuolitauti || venereal disease
| nephew, sister\'s son
|-
|-
| sisarentytär
| sukupuu || family tree, pedigree
| niece, sister\'s daughter
|-
|-
| sisarpuoli
| sukuselvitys || report of family relationships
| half-sister, stepsister
|-
|-
| sisarukset
| sukutaulu || genealogical table
| siblings
|-
|-
| sisko
| sukutiede || genealogy
| sister
|-
|-
| sisäinen
| sukututkimus || genealogical research
| inside
|-
|-
| sisällysluettelo
| sukututkimusseura || genealogical society
| register, index
|-
|-
| sisältö
| sulhanen || bridegroom, fiancé
| contents
|-
|-
| siviilirekisteri
| sunnuntai || Sunday
| civil registration
|-
|-
| sivu
| suomalainen || Finnish
| page
|-
|-
| sokea
| Suomi || Finland
| blind
|-
|-
| sokeritauti
| suorittaa || perform
| diabetes
|-
|-
| sorvari
| suostumus || consent
| turner
|-
|-
| sota
| suuri || big, great
| war
|-
|-
| sotamies
| suutari || shoemaker
| soldier
|-
|-
| sotaväki
| sydänvika || heart trouble
| troops, army
|-
|-
| sotilas
| syksy || autumn
| soldier, military
|-
|-
| suku
| sylilapsi || baby, infant
| family
|-
|-
| sukua(olla)
| synnytys || childbirth
| related
|-
|-
| sukukirjat
| syntymä || birth
| lineage books
|-
|-
| sukulainen
| syntymäaika || date of birth
| relative
|-
|-
| sukulaisuus
| syntymäpaikka || place of birth
| relationship
|-
|-
| sukunimi
| syntymätodistus || birth certificate
| surname
|-
|-
| sukupolvi
| syntyneet || births, birth records
| generation
|-
|-
| sukupuoli
| syntynyt || born, maiden surname
| sex
|-
|-
| sukupuolitauti
| syyskuu || September
| venereal disease
|-
|-
| sukupuu
| syytinki || allowance, person receiving allowance
| family tree, pedigree
|-
|-
| sukuselvitys
| syöpä || cancer
| report of family relationships
|-
|-
| sukutaulu
| säteri || tax exempt estate
| genealogical table
|-
|-
| sukutiede
| sääty (läinen) || station, class, standing (person of)
| genealogy
|}
 
===T===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| sukututkimus
| tahtoa || to want
| genealogical research
|-
|-
| sukututkimusseura
| tai || or
| genealogical society
|-
|-
| sulhanen
| taiteilija || artist
| bridegroom, fiancé
|-
|-
| sunnuntai
| takana || behind
| Sunday
|-
|-
| suomalainen
| talo || house
| Finnish
|-
|-
| Suomi
| talollinen || farmer
| Finland
|-
|-
| suorittaa
| talonpoika || peasant farmer
| perform
|-
|-
| suostumus
| talous || household
| consent
|-
|-
| suuri
| talousapulainen || housemaid
| big, great
|-
|-
| suutari
| talvi || winter
| shoemaker
|-
|-
| sydänvika
| tammikuu || January
| heart trouble
|-
|-
| syksy
| tap(paa) (-ettu) || murder(ed)
| autumn
|-
|-
| sylilapsi
| tapaturma || accident
| baby, infant
|-
|-
| synnytys
| tarkastuspöytäkirjat || visitations
| childbirth
|-
|-
| syntymä
| taulu(kko) || table, chart
| birth
|-
|-
| syntymäaika
| tauti || disease
| date of birth
|-
|-
| syntymäpaikka
| te || you (plural)
| place of birth
|-
|-
| syntymätodistus
| tehdas || factory
| birth certificate
|-
|-
| syntyneet
| teidän || your, yours (plural)
| births, birth records
|-
|-
| syntynyt
| testamentti || will, testament
| born, maiden surname
|-
|-
| syyskuu
| teurastaja || butcher
| September
|-
|-
| syytinki
| tie || road
| allowance, person receiving allowance
|-
|-
| syöpä
| tiedottaja || informant
| cancer
|-
|-
| säteri
| tiilentekijä || brickmaker
| tax exempt estate
|-
|-
| sääty(läinen)
| tiistai || Tuesday
| station, class, standing (person of)
|-
|-
| <br>
| tila || house, farm
|  
|-
|-
| '''T'''
| tilallinen || farm owner
|  
|-
|-
| tahtoa
| tilikirjat || record of accounts
| to want
|-
|-
| tai
| tilattomat || landless population
| or
|-
|-
| taiteilija
| todistaja || witness
| artist
|-
|-
| takana
| todistus || certificate, evidence
| behind
|-
|-
| talo
| toimeentulo || livelihood
| house
|-
|-
| talollinen
| toimi || occupation
| farmer
|-
|-
| talonpoika
| toimittaa || perform
| peasant farmer
|-
|-
| talous
| toinen || other, second
| household
|-
|-
| talousapulainen
| toisella nimellä || alias, a.k.a.
| housemaid
|-
|-
| talvi
| -ton (ending) || without, not
| winter
|-
|-
| tammikuu
| tontti || parcel
| January
|-
|-
| tap(po) (-ettu)
| tori || market
| murder(ed)
|-
|-
| tapaturma
| torppari || crofter, tenant farmer
| accident
|-
|-
| tarkastuspöytäkirjat
| torstai || Thursday
| visitations
|-
|-
| taulu(kko)
| toukokuu || May
| table, chart
|-
|-
| tauti
| tsaari || czar
| disease
|-
|-
| te
| tuhkarokko || measles
| you (plural)
|-
|-
| tehdas
| tulehdus || inflammation
| factory
|-
|-
| teidan
| tulipalo || fire
| your, yours (plural)
|-
|-
| testamentti
| tulirokko || scarlet fever
| will, testament
|-
|-
| teurastaja
| tulli || customs
| butcher
|-
|-
| tie
| tullut (+ -sta or -lta) || came (from)
| road
|-
|-
| tiedottaja
| tuntematon || unknown
| informant
|-
|-
| tiilentekijä
| tunti || hour
| brickmaker
|-
|-
| tiistai
| tuomari || judge
| Tuesday
|-
|-
| tila
| tuomio || judgment
| house, farm
|-
|-
| tilallinen
| tuomioistuin || court
| farm owner
|-
|-
| tilikirjat
| tuomiokirkko || cathedral
| record of accounts
|-
|-
| titattomat
| tuomiokunta || judicial district
| landless population
|-
|-
| todistaja
| tupa || cottage, house
| witness
|-
|-
| todistus
| turvotus || swelling, edema
| certificate, evidence
|-
|-
| toimeentulo
| tynnyrintekijä || cooper, barrel maker
| livelihood
|-
|-
| toimi
| tyttären poika || grandson, daughter\'s son
| occupation
|-
|-
| toimittaa
| tyttären tytär || granddaughter, daughter\'s daughter
| perform
|-
|-
| toinen
| tyttö || girl, daughter
| other, second
|-
|-
| toisella nimellä
| tytär || daughter
| alias, a.k.a.
|-
|-
| -ton (ending)
| työläinen || laborer
| without, not
|-
|-
| tontti
| työmies || laborer
| parcel
|-
|-
| tori
| työntekijä || laborer
| market
|-
|-
| torppari
| täkäläinen || of this place
| crofter, tenant farmer
|-
|-
| torstai
| tällä paikkakunnalla || in this place
| Thursday
|-
|-
| toukokuu
| tämä || this
| May
|-
|-
| tsaari
| tämä paikka || this place
| czar
|-
|-
| tuhkarokko
| tänään || today
| measles
|-
|-
| tulehdus
| täti || aunt
| inflammation
|-
|-
| tulipalo
| täysi-ikäinen || of legal age
| fire
|-
|-
| tulirokko
| täällä || here
| scarlet fever
|}
 
===U===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| tulli
| ukko || old man
| customs
|-
|-
| tullut (+ -sta or -lta)
| ulko || outer
| came (from)
|-
|-
| tuntematon
| ulkoluku || reciting from memory
| unknown
|-
|-
| tunti
| ulkomaalainen || foreign, strange
| hour
|-
|-
| tuomari
| ummetus || constipation
| judge
|-
|-
| tuomio
| usein || often
| judgment
|-
|-
| tuomioistuin
| uskonto || religious affiliation
| court
|-
|-
| tuomiokirkko
| uudisasukas || settler
| cathedral
|-
|-
| tuomiokunta
| uusi || new
| judicial district
|}
 
===V===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| tupa
| v. (vihitty) || married
| cottage, house
|-
|-
| turvotus
| vaakuna || coat of arms
| swelling, edema
|-
|-
| tynnyrintekijä
| vaakunaoppi || heraldry
| cooper, barrel maker
|-
|-
| tyttären poika
| vaari || grandfather
| grandson, daughter\'s son
|-
|-
| tyttären tytär
| vahtimestari || caretaker
| granddaughter, daughter\'s daughter
|-
|-
| tyttö
| vaimo || wife, married women
| girl, daughter
|-
|-
| tytär
| vainaja || deceased, (the) late
| daughter
|-
|-
| työläinen
| vaivainen || poor, sickly
| laborer
|-
|-
| työmies
| vaivaisrahat || poor relief accounts
| laborer
|-
|-
| työntekijä
| vaivaisruodut || poor relief records
| laborer
|-
|-
| täkäläinen
| vaivaistalo || poorhouse
| of this place
|-
|-
| tällä paikkakunnalla
| vajaamielinen || mentally defective
| in this place
|-
|-
| tämä
| vakituinen || permanent, regular
| this
|-
|-
| tämä paikka
| valokuvaaja || photographer
| this place
|-
|-
| tänään
| valtakunta || state, empire
| today
|-
|-
| täti
| valtio || state
| aunt
|-
|-
| täysi-ikäinen
| Valtionarkisto || state archives
| of legal age
|-
|-
| täällä
| valuri, valimon työntekijä || foundry worker
| here
|-
|-
| <br>
| vanha || old
|  
|-
|-
| '''U'''
| vanhapoika || bachelor
|  
|-
|-
| ukko
| vanhemmat || parents
| old man
|-
|-
| ulko
| vanhempi || (the) older
| outer
|-
|-
| ulkoluku
| vanhin || oldest, elder
| reciting from memory
|-
|-
| ulkomaalainen
| vanhus || old person
| foreign, strange
|-
|-
| ummetus
| vanhuus || old age
| constipation
|-
|-
| usein
| vanki || prisoner
| often
|-
|-
| uskonto
| vankila || prison
| religious affiliation
|-
|-
| uudisasukas
| vapaa || free
| settler
|-
|-
| uusi
| vapaaherra(tar) || baron(ess)
| new
|-
|-
| <br>
| vapaasääty || nobility
|  
|-
|-
| '''V'''
| varas || thief
|  
|-
|-
| v. (vihitty)
| varkaus || theft
| married
|-
|-
| vaakuna
| varrella || by, at side
| coat of arms
|-
|-
| vaakunaoppi
| varten || for the purpose of
| heraldry
|-
|-
| vaari
| vartija || warden
| grandfather
|-
|-
| vahtimestari
| vasen || left (direction)
| caretaker
|-
|-
| vaimo
| vaskiseppä || coppersmith
| wife, married women
|-
|-
| vainaja
| vastaanotettu || received
| deceased, (the) late
|-
|-
| vaivainen
| vastanainut || newlywed
| poor, sickly
|-
|-
| vaivaisrahat
| vastasyntynyt || newborn
| poor relief accounts
|-
|-
| vaivaisruodut
| vasten || against
| poor relief records
|-
|-
| vaivaistalo
| vatsatauti || stomach disease
| poorhouse
|-
|-
| vajaamielinen
| vauva || baby
| mentally defective
|-
|-
| vakituinen
| vauva(na) || (as an) infant
| permanent, regular
|-
|-
| valokuvaaja
| veli || brother
| photographer
|-
|-
| valtakunta
| velipuoli || half-brother
| state, empire
|-
|-
| valtio
| veljenpoika || nephew, brother\'s son
| state
|-
|-
| Valtionarkisto
| veljentytär || niece, brother\'s daughter
| state archives
|-
|-
| valuri
| velka || debt
| foundry worker
|-
|-
| vanha
| Venäjä || Russia
| old
|-
|-
| vanhapoika
| venäläinen || Russian
| bachelor
|-
|-
| vanhemmat
| verensyöksy || hemorrhage
| parents
|-
|-
| vanhempi
| verenvuoto || hemorrhage
| (the) older
|-
|-
| vanhin
| veritulppa || blood clot
| oldest, elder
|-
|-
| vanhus
| vero || tax
| old person
|-
|-
| vanhuus
| verotus || taxation
| old age
|-
|-
| vanki
| vesipöhö || dropsy, edema
| prisoner
|-
|-
| vankila
| vesirokko || chicken pox
| prison
|-
|-
| vapaa
| vielä || still
| free
|-
|-
| vapaaherra(tar)  
| vieras(seurakuntalainen) || guest, person not of a given parish
| baron(ess)
|-
|-
| vapaasääty
| vierasseurakuntalaisten historiakirjat || registers of members of other parishes
| nobility
|-
|-
| varas
| vihityt || marriages, marriage records
| thief
|-
|-
| varkaus
| vihkiminen || marriage (ceremony)
| theft
|-
|-
| varrella
| vihkimäsopimus || marriage contract
| by, at side
|-
|-
| varten
| vihkimätodistus || marriage certificate
| for the purpose of
|-
|-
| vartia
| vihreä || green
| warden
|-
|-
| vasen
| viides || fifth
| left (direction)
|-
|-
| vaskiseppä
| viidestoista || fifteenth
| coppersmith
|-
|-
| vastaanotettu
| viikko || week
| received
|-
|-
| vastanainut
| viime || last, past
| newlywed
|-
|-
| vastasyntynyt
| viisi || five
| newborn
|-
|-
| vasten
| viisitoista || fifteen
| against
|-
|-
| vatsatauti
| virasta eronnut || retired
| stomach disease
|-
|-
| vauva
| virasto || office, department
| baby
|-
|-
| vauva(na)
| virka || office, position, occupation
| (as an) infant
|-
|-
| veli
| virkaa tekevä || officiating, deputy
| brother
|-
|-
| velipuoli
| virkamies || public official
| half-brother
|-
|-
| veljenpoika
| virkatodistus || official certificate (of birth, marriage, or death)
| nephew, brother\'s son
|-
|-
| veljentytär
| Viro || Estonia
| niece, brother\'s daughter
|-
|-
| velka
| virolainen || Estonian
| debt
|-
|-
| Venäjä
| vouti || bailiff, overseer (historical governor)
| Russia
|-
|-
| venäläinen
| v.t. (virkaa tekevä) || officiating, deputy
| Russian
|-
|-
| verensyöksy
| vuoden ikäinen || years of age
| hemorrhage
|-
|-
| verenvuoto
| vuokralainen || lodger
| hemorrhage
|-
|-
| veritulppa
| vuori || mountain
| blood clot
|-
|-
| vero
| vuorokausi || twenty-four hours
| tax
|-
|-
| verotus
| vuosi || year
| taxation
|-
|-
| vesipöhö
| vuosi(päivä) (-juhla) || anniversary
| dropsy, edema
|-
|-
| vesirokko
| vuosikymmen || decade, decennial
| chicken pox
|-
|-
| vielä
| vuosisata || century
| still
|-
|-
| vieras(seurakuntalainen)  
| vuosittain(en) || yearly
| guest, person not of a given parish
|-
|-
| vierasseurakuntalaisten historiakirjat
| vuotias || years old
| registers of members of other parishes
|-
|-
| vihityt
| väestö(rekisteri) || population (registry)
| marriages, marriage records
|-
|-
| vihkiminen
| väestönlaskenta || census
| marriage (ceremony)
|-
|-
| vihkimäsopimus
| väki || people, folk, crew, forces
| marriage contract
|-
|-
| vihkimätodistus
| väliaikainen || temporary
| marriage certificate
|-
|-
| vihreä
| välillä || between
| green
|-
|-
| viides
| välittömästi || immediately, direct
| fifth
|-
|-
| viidestoista
| värjääjä || dyer
| fifteenth
|-
|-
| viikko
| vävy || son-in-law
| week
|}
 
===Y===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| viime
| yhdeksän || nine
| last, past
|-
|-
| viisi
| yhdeksäntoista || nineteen
| five
|-
|-
| viisitoista
| yhdeksäs || ninth
| fifteen
|-
|-
| virasta eronnut
| yhdeksästoista || nineteenth
| retired
|-
|-
| virasto
| yhdestoista || eleventh
| office, department
|-
|-
| virka
| yhteinen || together, belonging to both
| office, position, occupation
|-
|-
| virkaa tekevä
| yhteiskunta || community
| officiating, deputy
|-
|-
| virkamies
| yksi || one
| public official
|-
|-
| virkatodistus
| yksitoista || eleven
| official certificate (of birth, marriage, or death)
|-
|-
| Viro
| yleinen || general, common
| Estonia
|-
|-
| virolainen
| yli, ylä || over, upper, ended
| Estonian
|-
|-
| vouti
| ylkä || bridegroom
| bailiff, overseer (historical governor)
|-
|-
| v.t. (virkaa tekevä)
| ylä || upper
| officiating, deputy
|-
|-
| vuoden ikäinen
| ympärillä || around
| years of age
|-
|-
| vuokralainen
| yskä || cough (noun)
| lodger
|-
|-
| vuori
| ystävä || friend
| mountain
|-
|-
| vuorokausi
| yö || night
| twenty-four hours
|}
 
===Ä===
{| class="wikitable"
! Finnish !! English
|-
|-
| vuosi
| äidinisä || grandfather (maternal)
| year
|-
|-
| vuosi(päiva) (-juhla)
| äidinäiti || grandmother (maternal)
| anniversary
|-
|-
| vuosikymmen
| äiditön || motherless
| decade, decennial
|-
|-
| vuosisata
| äiti || mother
| century
|-
|-
| vuosittain(en)
| äitipuoli || stepmother
| yearly
|-
|-
| vuotias
| äpärä || illegitimate child
| years old
|}
|-
 
| väestö(rekisteri)
 
| population (registry)
== Months ==
|-
{| class="wikitable"
| väestönlaskenta
! Finnish !! English
| census
|-
| väki
| people, folk, crew, forces
|-
| väliaikainen
| temporary
|-
| välillä
| between
|-
| välittömästi
| immediately, direct
|-
| värjääja
| dyer
|-
| vävy
| son-in-law
|-
| <br>
|
|-
| '''Y'''
|  
|-
| yhdeksän
| nine
|-
| yhdeksäntoista
| nineteen
|-
| yhdeksäs
| ninth
|-
| yhdeksästoista
| nineteenth
|-
| yhdestoista
| eleventh
|-
| yhteinen
| together, belonging to both
|-
| yhteiskunta
| community
|-
| yksi
| one
|-
| yksitoista
| eleven
|-
|-
| yleinen
| Tammikuu || January
| general, common
|-
|-
| yli, ylä
| Helmikuu || February
| over, upper, ended
|-
|-
| ylkä
| Maaliskuu || March
| bridegroom
|-
|-
| ylä
| Huhtikuu || April
| upper
|-
|-
| ympärillä
| Toukokuu || May
| around
|-
|-
| yskä
| Kesäkuu || June
| cough (noun)
|-
|-
| ystävä
| Heinäkuu || July
| friend
|-
|-
| yö
| Elokuu || August
| night
|-
|-
| <br>
| Syyskuu || September
|  
|-
|-
| '''Ä'''
| Lokakuu || October
|  
|-
|-
| äidinisä
| Marraskuu || November
| grandfather (maternal)
|-
|-
| äidinäiti
| Joulukuu || December
| grandmother (maternal)
|-
| äiditön
| motherless
|-
| äiti
| mother
|-
| äitipuoli
| stepmother
|-
| äpärä
| illegitimate child
|-
|  
|}
|}


=== Additional Resources ===
== Additional Resources ==
 
This word list includes only the words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For more help, use a Finnish-English dictionary. Several such dictionaries are available at the Family History LibraryLook this term up in the glossary. in the Scandinavia collection. Their call numbers begin with 494.541321. The following dictionary is also available on microfilmLook this term up in the glossary. for use in Family History CentersLook this term up in the glossary.:


Alanne, V. S. Suomalais-englantilainen suursanakirja [Great Finnish-English Dictionary]. 3rd ed. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1968. (FHL film 1224706 item 3.)
This word list includes only the words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For more help, use a Finnish-English dictionary. Several such dictionaries are available at the FamilySearch LibraryLook this term up in the glossary. in the Scandinavia collection. Their call numbers begin with 494.541321. The following dictionary is also available on microfilmLook this term up in the glossary. for use in FamilySearch CentersLook this term up in the glossary.  


Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under FINNISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Locality Search under FINLAND - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES.<br>
Alanne, V. S. {{FSC|226548|item|disp=''Suomalais-englantilainen suursanakirja'' (Great Finnish-English Dictionary)]. 3rd ed. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1968}}. FS Library film [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDM-L9YQ-C?i=74&cat=226548 1224706 item 3].  


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Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under FINNISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Locality Search under FINLAND - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES.
=== Online Resources ===
'''Historismi.net'''
*[https://historismi.net/tools1.html Lyhenteitä ja termejä (Abbreviations and terms)]
*[https://historismi.net/tools2.html Ammatit A-K (Professions, A-K)]
*[https://historismi.net/tools3.html Ammatit L-Ö (Professions, L-Ö)]
*[https://historismi.net/tools4.html Kuolinsyyt (Causes of death)]


=== References ===
== References ==


Family History Department. <u>Genealogical Word List: Finnish</u>. by the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, 1997  
Family History Department. ''Genealogical Word List: Finnish''. by the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, 1997  


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