luode

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯deˣ/, [ˈluo̞̯de̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uode
• Syllabification^(key): luo‧de

From Proto-Finnic *loodeh (compare Estonian loe, Ingrian looe, loove, Karelian luuveh (“west; southwest”), Livonian lūod, Ludian luodeh (“west”), Veps lode (“northwest; west”), lodeh (“northwest; west”), Votic looõ (“northwest, west”)), of uncertain further origin; theories include relation to luoda and luo (possibly a verb with like *luotaa (“to descend”)) and relation to etymology 2 (Germanic origin).[1]

luode

1. northwest

• kaakko

• (compass points)

luode	pohjoinen	koillinen
länsi		itä
lounas	etelä	kaakko

• luoteinen = northwestern
• luoteis- = northwest as adjective, like in luoteisväylä = northwest passage
• luoteenpuoleinen = roughly northwestern, as of wind

• länsiluode
• pohjoisluode

From Proto-Finnic *loodeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (compare German Flut, Swedish flod) and derived with +‎ -e. Originally meant flood or high tide.

luode

1. ebb (receding tide)

• laskuvesi

• vuoksi

• luodevesi
• luodevirtaus

• vuorovesi (“tide”)

• loude