paalu.
stake, pole, stanchion, picket, pale (long and slender piece of wood or other material, often pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay)
Meaning & usage
stake, pole, stanchion, picket, pale (long and slender piece of wood or other material, often pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay)
toteemipaalu
pile (large stake, driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, etc.)
paalujuntta
the stake (upright piece of timber to which a person condemned to death by burning alive was affixed)
pale
money
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Old Swedish pāl, pāle (compare modern Swedish påle; cognate with English pole); ultimately from Latin pālus.
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