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puhaltaa.

to blow

8 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpuhɑltɑːˣ/[ˈpuɦɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to blow

    transitive
    Puhalla kynttilä sammuksiin!
  2. to blow to blow up, inflate

    transitive
    Puhalla se täyteen ilmaa.
  3. to blow to blow

    intransitive · transitive
  4. to blow to blow on, play, sound (a wind instrument)

    transitive
  5. to blow to blow, push air or gas

    transitive
  6. to blow to get as a result of a breath test

    transitive
    Hän puhalsi 1,6 promillea.
  7. to steal, nick

    colloquial · transitive
  8. to shoot the moon

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *puhaltadak. Equivalent to puh- + -altaa (momentane verb); originally puhua itself meant "to blow". Compare puhkua.

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