pesu

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛsu]
• Rhymes: -ɛsu
• Hyphenation: pe‧su

pesu

1. dative/locative singular of peso

• pesu
• supe

pesu

1. imperative of pesi

From pesema +‎ -u.

pesu (genitive pesu, partitive pesu)

1. washing (of something)

   Ma lähen pessu.

   I'm going to wash myself. (lit. "I'm going into the washing")

2. laundry (clothes which have been washed)

   Kas meil kuiva pesu on?

   Do we have any clean laundry?

3. underclothes, underwear

   Meestepesu osakond on seal.

   The men's underwear department is over there.

4. bedclothes

   Pane voodisse uus pesu.

   Put new bedclothes on.

• (washing): pesemine
• (underwear): aluspesu
• (bedclothes): voodipesu

From Proto-Finnic *pesu. Equivalent to pestä (“to wash”) +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpesu/, [ˈpe̞s̠u]
• Rhymes: -esu
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧su

pesu

1. wash, washing
2. (spatial expressions) laundry

   olla pesussa ― to be in the laundry

   mennä pesuun ― to go in the laundry

   panna pesuun ― to put in the laundry

   joutua pesuun ― to end up in the laundry

   tulla pesusta ― to come from the laundry

• “pesu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Proto-Finnic *pesu, equivalent to pessä (“to wash”) +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish pesu and Estonian pesu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpesu/, [ˈpe̞s̠u]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpesu/, [ˈpe̞ʒ̥u]
• Rhymes: -esu
• Hyphenation: pe‧su

pesu

1. laundry (act of doing laundry)

   poukun pesu ― laundry of laundry

• poukku (“that which has to be washed”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 403