palaa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧laa

palaa

1. (intransitive) to burn

   Tuli palaa uunissa.

   A fire is burning in the stove.

   Maito paloi pohjaan.

   The milk burned (into the bottom of a kettle, pot, etc).

2. (intransitive, e.g. of a lamp) to shine, emit light

   Lamppu palaa.

   The lamp is turned on.

3. (colloquial) to smoke, used when offering a cigarette

   Palaako?

   Would you like to smoke?

4. (intransitive) to be caught committing a crime
5. (intransitive, baseball, pesäpallo, dodgeball) to be out
6. (intransitive, of a lamp, fuse, etc.) to blow, to burn out, to blow out

   Lamppu paloi.

   The lamp has blown out. / The lamp is burned out.

• The difference between the Finnish verbs palaa and polttaa is that with palaa the fuel, or whatever is burning, is the subject of the sentence and with polttaa the fuel is an object. Both can be translated as “to burn” into English.
• The "blow, burn out" meaning is rare in present indicative and present participles.

• polttaa
• palella

• “palaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧laa

palaa

1. partitive singular of pala

   Kukaan ei ottanut viimeistä palaa.

   Nobody took the last piece.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧laa

palaa

1. third-person singular present indicative of palaa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧laa

palaa

1. third-person singular present indicative of palata

   Hän palaa.

   S/he comes back.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧laa

palaa

1. present active indicative connegative of palata

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät palaa.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't come back.

2. second-person singular present imperative of palata

   Palaa!

   Come back!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palata

   Älä palaa!

   Don't come back!

• lapaa

palaa

1. water

• Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)