paalu
See also: Paalu
Finnish
Etymology
A loanword from Old Swedish corresponding to Modern Swedish påle (cognate with English pole); ultimately from Latin pālus.
Pronunciation
Noun
paalu
- stake, pole (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 ― totem pole
- pile (large stake, driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, etc.)
- paalujuntta ― pile driver
- (historical) the stake (upright piece of timber to which a person condemned to death by burning alive was affixed)
- (heraldry) pale
- (slang) money
Usage notes
- Finnish words referring to long and slender objects which may be translated into English as "pole" include: tanko, pylväs, salko, puomi, seiväs, sauva.
Declension
Inflection of paalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | paalu | paalut | |
genitive | paalun | paalujen | |
partitive | paalua | paaluja | |
illative | paaluun | paaluihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paalu | paalut | |
accusative | nom. | paalu | paalut |
gen. | paalun | ||
genitive | paalun | paalujen | |
partitive | paalua | paaluja | |
inessive | paalussa | paaluissa | |
elative | paalusta | paaluista | |
illative | paaluun | paaluihin | |
adessive | paalulla | paaluilla | |
ablative | paalulta | paaluilta | |
allative | paalulle | paaluille | |
essive | paaluna | paaluina | |
translative | paaluksi | paaluiksi | |
abessive | paalutta | paaluitta | |
instructive | — | paaluin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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