A couple of friends and I want to settle the pronounciation of Kiuas once and for all. Is it pronounced as "Q-us" / "Key-waas" or do you pronounce all three syllables "Kay-you-us" or are all those choices wrong? Thanks.
Kiuas pronounciation.
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KEY-WAS, with the "key"-part pronounced very quickly, is probably closest, since the "u" is not actually prounounced "you".
Hi, another linguist here!
In Finnish it is common to have a /VVV/ constraint.
'kauan', 'huoahtaa', 'aion', etc.
Both /iu/ and /ua/ are also diphthongs in Finnish.
Kiuas is pronounced /'kiuas/ (IPA),
which would be (for English speaking persons)
key-was, where 'key' is short, and there's no aspiration on /k/.
The stress is only on 'key', and the /a/ is open like in 'car'.
In Finnish it is common to have a /VVV/ constraint.
'kauan', 'huoahtaa', 'aion', etc.
Both /iu/ and /ua/ are also diphthongs in Finnish.
Kiuas is pronounced /'kiuas/ (IPA),
which would be (for English speaking persons)
key-was, where 'key' is short, and there's no aspiration on /k/.
The stress is only on 'key', and the /a/ is open like in 'car'.
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opacity said:does "kiuas" mean something or is it an invented word?
hello, btw
It's finnish and means "sauna stove", that's the stove in the sauna that holds the rocks which are heated, and warms the whole sauna. Traditionally it's heated with wood, but nowadays there are electric ones as well, but they are for unbelievers and heretics!!! The true nordic metal warrior uses only the traditional wood saunas!
Oh yeah, hello to you too!
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ah yes, I recall: true nordic metal warriors do not burn in hell but in sauna 
thanks for the explanation
thanks for the explanation
Mikko Ilmarinen said:
Hahhah, that's true
Though circumstances have forced me to use electric sauna sometimes, but I think that's not the reason to refuse Sauna :hotjump: Ofcourse wood sauna is TRUE and the electric one is nothing compared to that 
This reminds me about the situation when I once was in sauna with my friend and we sung louder than hell the finnish part in "Across the Snows" Yksinään hän vaeltaa... !!!For those that don't understand IPA or any of that other linquistic babbling (not that I wouldn't 
) there is also a sound sample provided by our favourite band in "Across the Snows".
"Sydämensä kylmä on kuin maa routainen
mutta silmissään viha polttava kuin kiuas tulinen"
Of the three different "kuin kiuas tulinen":s in the song I prefer the second one (in the more raging part), since the first one has the S a bit too long and the third one is pretty unclear thanks to the roaring.
So the most correct pronounciation of "kiuas" is in Across the Snows at around 04:35 - 04:40 (precisely 04:39). Listen to it and end this uncertainty
) there is also a sound sample provided by our favourite band in "Across the Snows"."Sydämensä kylmä on kuin maa routainen
mutta silmissään viha polttava kuin kiuas tulinen"
Of the three different "kuin kiuas tulinen":s in the song I prefer the second one (in the more raging part), since the first one has the S a bit too long and the third one is pretty unclear thanks to the roaring.
So the most correct pronounciation of "kiuas" is in Across the Snows at around 04:35 - 04:40 (precisely 04:39). Listen to it and end this uncertainty
Lodbrokk
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i'm from croatia and here words are pronunciated as they are written....so i'm goin' to say like it was written...kiuas k-i-uas..miko could upload link eith record of right pronuication
Ecliptica
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Me said:
How strange how much things change in a year. . .I just finished a 30 page paper on the linguistics of the Finnish language for the final part of my linguistic major and got a solid A. I went from not knowing one word of Finnish at this time last year to becoming, as far as I can tell, literally fluent in it (I can read and speak it. . .writing is a little more difficult because of the differences between the spoken language and the written language).
I guess that's what studying the language three hours a day every day will do to you. . .I thank Kiuas for helping me learn another language
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Haha, thanks
I guess some of the American fans can jump on the bandwagon with me. I basically used this site every day for hours a day for a year or so:
Finnish School | Learn Finnish - The fast, fun, and free way to learn the Finnish language online.
I guess some of the American fans can jump on the bandwagon with me. I basically used this site every day for hours a day for a year or so:
Finnish School | Learn Finnish - The fast, fun, and free way to learn the Finnish language online.
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