Lumi = snow
Hanki = full cover of snow, at least half a meter
Nietos = large & wide ,naturally piled snow
Kinos = smaller, localized piles of snow. If articifial, always this
Nuoska = malleable snow, you can make snowballs out of this
Tykky/tökkö = wind-packed snow
Hankikanto = melted and refrozen cover of snow which you can walk on
Räntä = sleet
Pyry = heavy snowfall in wind
Tuisku = ice crystals snowfall strong wind
Myräkkä = snowstorm
@gimulnautti@slothrop And this proves once again that a language evolves under the influence of the geographical area where it is used. In Dutch (Belgium and the Netherlands), we just have one word: “sneeuw”. Al the other appearances of snow are defined by combining “sneeuw” with other nouns… 😎
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