maksaa potut pottuina

Finnish

Etymology

Literally: maksaa (“to pay”) + potut (“potatoes”) + pottuina (“as potatoes”).

Verb

maksaa potut pottuina

1. (idiomatic) to pay back (to exact revenge)

Conjugation

See maksaa; potut is in the plural and normally in the accusative case (which appears identical to the nominative case in the plural), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative. pottuina is not inflected.

Synonyms

• maksaa samalla mitalla