Aleksi

a Finnish language reading site

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Aleksi provides quick access to information about Finnish words on a website.

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See if you can figure out what the text below means. If you don't know a word, click the word to get some helpful information.

Does it work? If you want to be able do this on any website you visit, try the Aleksi browser extension.

Aleksi on auttaja lukemaan esineita suomenkielella internetissa.

Väinämöinen rukoilee kylväessään

Toisesta runosta Kalevalasta

Siitä vanha Väinämöinen
otti kuusia jyviä,
seitsemiä siemeniä
yhen nää'än nahkasesta,
koivesta kesäoravan,
kesäkärpän kämmenestä.

Läksi maata kylvämähän,
siementä sirottamahan.
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki:
"Minä kylvän kyyhättelen
Luojan sormien lomitse,
käen kautta kaikkivallan
tälle maalle kasvavalle,
ahollen ylenevälle.

"Akka manteren-alainen,
mannun eukko, maan emäntä!
Pane nyt turve tunkemahan,
maa väkevä vääntämähän!
Eip' on maa väkeä puutu
sinä ilmoisna ikänä,
kun lie armo antajista,
lupa luonnon tyttäristä.

"Nouse, maa, makoamasta,
Luojan nurmi, nukkumasta!
Pane korret korttumahan
sekä varret varttumahan!
Tuhansin neniä nosta,
saoin haaroja hajota
kynnöstäni, kylvöstäni,
varsin vaivani näöstä!

"Oi Ukko, ylijumala
tahi taatto taivahinen,
vallan pilvissä pitäjä,
hattarojen hallitsija!
Piä pilvissä keräjät,
sekehissä neuvot selvät!
Iätä iästä pilvi,
nosta lonka luotehesta,
toiset lännestä lähetä,
etelästä ennättele!
Vihmo vettä taivosesta,
mettä pilvistä pirota
orahille nouseville,
touoille tohiseville!"

Väinämöinen sings a prayer while sowing

From the translation by W. F. Kirby

Then the aged Väinämöinen,
Took the six seeds from his satchel,
And he took the seven small kernels,
From the marten's skin he took them,290
From the leg of summer squirrel,
From the leg of summer ermine.

Then he went to sow the country,
And to scatter seeds around him,
And he spoke the words which follow;
"Now I stoop the seeds to scatter,
As from the Creator's fingers,
From the hand of Him Almighty,
That the country may be fertile,
And the corn may grow and flourish.300

"Patroness of lowland country,
Old one of the plains; Earth-Mother,
Let the tender blade spring upward,
Let the earth support and cherish.
Might of earth will never fail us,
Never while the earth existeth,
When the Givers are propitious.
And Creation's daughters aid us.

"Rise, O earth; from out thy slumber,
Field of the Creator, rouse thee,310
Make the blade arise and flourish.
Let the stalks grow up and lengthen,
That the ears may grow by thousands,
Yet a hundredfold increasing,
By my ploughing and my sowing,
In return for all my labour.

"Ukko, thou of Gods the highest.
Father, thou in heaven abiding,
Thou to whom the clouds are subject.
Of the scattered clouds the ruler,320
All thy clouds do thou assemble,
In the light make clear thy counsel,
Send thou forth a cloud from eastwards
In the north-west let one gather,
Send thou others from the westward,
Let them drive along from southward.
Send the light rain forth from heaven,
Let the clouds distil with honey,
That the corn may sprout up strongly,
And the stalks may wave and rustle."330

Instructions for readers

Aleksi will work automatically on web sites that include the script tag.

<script src="https://dev.aleksi.org/static/js/aleksi.bundle.js"></script>

If you would like to use it on websites that have not been setup in this way, you can also download the Aleksi browser extension.

A third option is to set up a reading session through the Aleksi website at www.aleksi.org. Once you sign in, you will be asked to select a session or create a new session.

Instructions for publishers

There are several ways to enable Aleksi on your site.

Method 1

Add the following script tag to the

<head>

section of your web page.

<script src="https://dev.aleksi.org/static/js/aleksi.bundle.js"></script>

Method 2

Download the Aleksi javascript bundle and include it as a script

Method 3

Create a new session on the Aleksi website www.aleksi.org. You will need to enter the URL to your site and then set up the sharing options to enable public access to your session. Note: If you are sharing the site with people who are not signed up at www.aleksi.org, you will also need to create a dump of the word data for your site. This dump can be created using the "Analyse Page" tab within the Aleksi popup.