valitus

valittaa (“to moan; to lament; to complain; to appeal”) +‎ -us

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlitus/, [ˈʋɑ̝lit̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlitus
• Syllabification^(key): va‧li‧tus
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧li‧tus

valitus

1. moan, groan, wailing

   Synonym: vaikerrus

2. lament, lamentation

   Synonym: surkuttelu

3. complaint, whining [with elative ‘about’]

   Synonyms: poru, purnaus, ininä, narina

4. (law) appeal (an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review) [with elative ‘against’]

• (appeal): In the Finnish legal system, a decision concerning an individual's rights and obligations may be subject to two kinds of concepts termed appeal in English: oikaisuvaatimus, which is filed with the original decision-maker that is not a court, and valitus (“complaint, appeal”), which may be filed only with a court and only after the oikaisuvaatimus has been processed. The umbrella term for the two is muutoksenhaku.

• (appeal): oikaisuvaatimus

• “valitus”, 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 4 July 2023

• sivulta, suvilta, valtius