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palaa.

to burn

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpɑlɑːˣ/[ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to burn

    intransitive
    Tuli palaa uunissa.
    Maito paloi pohjaan.
  2. to shine, emit light

    intransitive
    Lamppu palaa.
  3. to smoke, used when offering a cigarette

    colloquial · intransitive
    Palaako?
  4. to be caught committing a crime

    intransitive
  5. to be out, strike out

    intransitive
  6. to blow, to burn out, to blow out

    intransitive · usually
    Lamppu paloi.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *paladak, from Proto-Uralic *pala-.

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