diff --git a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.gf b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.gf
index 4e007b977..92874aee0 100644
--- a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.gf
+++ b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.gf
@@ -299,7 +299,11 @@ oper
     = c99 ; -- dummy
 
 -- compound nouns, latter part inflected
-  compoundNK : (Str -> NForms) -> Str -> Str -> NForms = \d,x,y -> 
+  compoundNK : Str -> NForms -> NForms = \x,y -> 
+    \\v => x + y ! v ;
+
+--- this is a lot slower
+  fcompoundNK : (Str -> NForms) -> Str -> Str -> NForms = \d,x,y -> 
     let ys = d y in \\v => x + ys ! v ;
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.hs b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.hs
index a5048970e..effd6e7f6 100644
--- a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.hs
+++ b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/Kotus.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mkCompound compMap (w,ent) =
     Just (e,b) -> return (w, ent {
             word = word e,
             tn = tn e, 
-            par = "compoundNK " ++ par e ++ " " ++ quoted b,
+            par = unwords ["compoundNK",par e,quoted b],
             isDummy = tn e == 0
             }
           )
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ mkRules e = do
     | otherwise = putStrLn 
 
 mkFun fun cat = unwords ["fun",fun,":",cat,";"]
-mkLin fun par w = unwords ["lin",fun,"=",par,quoted w,";"]
+mkLin fun par w = case words par of
+  f@"compoundNK":p:v:_ -> unwords ["lin",fun,"=",f,v,"("++ p,quoted w ++")",";"]
+  _ -> unwords ["lin",fun,"=",par,quoted w,";"]
 
 mkId = concatMap trim where
   trim c = case fromEnum c of
diff --git a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictCompFin b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictCompFin
index c4cdef534..ef8df6b5c 100644
--- a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictCompFin
+++ b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictCompFin
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 
 concrete DictCompFin of DictCompFinAbs = DictFin ** open MorphoFin, Kotus, Prelude in {
 
+-- extracted from http://kaino.kotus.fi/sanat/nykysuomi/, licensed under LGPL
+-- non-compounds in DictFin (inherited)
+
 flags coding = utf8 ;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictFin b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictFin
index ddabe432e..6281e3eb1 100644
--- a/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictFin
+++ b/lib/src/finnish/kotus/prelDictFin
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 concrete DictFin of DictFinAbs = open MorphoFin, Kotus, Prelude in {
 
+-- extracted from http://kaino.kotus.fi/sanat/nykysuomi/, licensed under LGPL
+-- compounds in DictCompFin
+
 flags coding = utf8 ;
 
 lincat NK = NForms ; AK = NForms ; VK = VForms ; AdvK = SS ;