aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere) · southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)
çekim: çoğul revontulien · tamlayan revontulien
köken: revon (“fox's”, genitive) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revontulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.