Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧laa

Verb

palaa (intransitive).

  1. 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. (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. to be caught committing a crime
  5. (baseball, pesäpallo, dodgeball) to be out, strike out.
  6. (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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧laa

Noun

palaa

  1. A piece, partitive singular of pala
    Kukaan ei ottanut viimeistä palaa.
    Nobody took the last piece.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧laa

Verb

palaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of palaa (this is all the info this entry has, there is no link or definition of this entry)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧laa
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧laa

Verb

palaa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of palata
    (intransitive) to return, come back, go back, get back [with illative or allative; or (with verbs) with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’]

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

+IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
+Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
+Syllabification(key): pa‧laa
+Hyphenation(key): pa‧laa

Verb

palaa

  1. present active indicative connegative of palata (to return, come back, go back, get back [with illative or allative; or (with verbs) with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’])
  2. second-person singular present imperative of palata
  3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palata

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