vaurio

Coined by Finnish politician, historian and professor Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen. May be based on vauras (despite the semantic difference) or be an ex nihilo coinage; in either case, suffixed with +‎ -io.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑu̯rio/, [ˈʋɑ̝u̯rio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑurio
• Hyphenation^(key): vau‧rio

vaurio

1. damage (instance of something not being intact)

Unlike English damage and Finnish vahinko, vaurio is used countably to refer to a single instance of damage. As a result, it is used chiefly of actual, physical damage. Uncountable, collective use is expressed with the plural number.

• “vaurio”, 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 2023-07-04

• rouvia, vuoria