palaa

Finnish

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Conjugation

Inflection of palaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		palan	en pala	1st sing.	olen palanut	en ole palanut
2nd sing.		palat	et pala	2nd sing.	olet palanut	et ole palanut
3rd sing.		palaa	ei pala	3rd sing.	on palanut	ei ole palanut
1st plur.		palamme	emme pala	1st plur.	olemme palaneet	emme ole palaneet
2nd plur.		palatte	ette pala	2nd plur.	olette palaneet	ette ole palaneet
3rd plur.		palavat	eivät pala	3rd plur.	ovat palaneet	eivät ole palaneet
passive		paletaan	ei paleta	passive	on palettu	ei ole palettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		paloin	en palanut	1st sing.	olin palanut	en ollut palanut
2nd sing.		paloit	et palanut	2nd sing.	olit palanut	et ollut palanut
3rd sing.		paloi	ei palanut	3rd sing.	oli palanut	ei ollut palanut
1st plur.		paloimme	emme palaneet	1st plur.	olimme palaneet	emme olleet palaneet
2nd plur.		paloitte	ette palaneet	2nd plur.	olitte palaneet	ette olleet palaneet
3rd plur.		paloivat	eivät palaneet	3rd plur.	olivat palaneet	eivät olleet palaneet
passive		palettiin	ei palettu	passive	oli palettu	ei ollut palettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		palaisin	en palaisi	1st sing.	olisin palanut	en olisi palanut
2nd sing.		palaisit	et palaisi	2nd sing.	olisit palanut	et olisi palanut
3rd sing.		palaisi	ei palaisi	3rd sing.	olisi palanut	ei olisi palanut
1st plur.		palaisimme	emme palaisi	1st plur.	olisimme palaneet	emme olisi palaneet
2nd plur.		palaisitte	ette palaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte palaneet	ette olisi palaneet
3rd plur.		palaisivat	eivät palaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat palaneet	eivät olisi palaneet
passive		palettaisiin	ei palettaisi	passive	olisi palettu	ei olisi palettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		pala	älä pala	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		palakoon	älköön palako	3rd sing.	olkoon palanut	älköön olko palanut
1st plur.		palakaamme	älkäämme palako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		palakaa	älkää palako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		palakoot	älkööt palako	3rd plur.	olkoot palaneet	älkööt olko palaneet
passive		palettakoon	älköön palettako	passive	olkoon palettu	älköön olko palettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		palanen	en palane	1st sing.	lienen palanut	en liene palanut
2nd sing.		palanet	et palane	2nd sing.	lienet palanut	et liene palanut
3rd sing.		palanee	ei palane	3rd sing.	lienee palanut	ei liene palanut
1st plur.		palanemme	emme palane	1st plur.	lienemme palaneet	emme liene palaneet
2nd plur.		palanette	ette palane	2nd plur.	lienette palaneet	ette liene palaneet
3rd plur.		palanevat	eivät palane	3rd plur.	lienevät palaneet	eivät liene palaneet
passive		palettaneen	ei palettane	passive	lienee palettu	ei liene palettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		palaa		present	palava	palettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st palaakseni palaaksemme 2nd palaaksesi palaaksenne 3rd palaakseen palaaksensa		past	palanut	palettu
2nd	inessive2	palaessa	palettaessa	agent4	palama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st palaessani palaessamme 2nd palaessasi palaessanne 3rd palaessaan palaessansa		negative	palamaton
	instructive	palaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form palaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	palamassa	—
	elative	palamasta	—
	illative	palamaan	—
	adessive	palamalla	—
	abessive	palamatta	—
	instructive	palaman	palettaman
4th3	verbal noun	palaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st palamaisillani palamaisillamme 2nd palamaisillasi palamaisillanne 3rd palamaisillaan palamaisillansa

Derived terms

• palaa halusta
• palaa loppuun

adjectives

• palamaton
• palava

nouns

• palaminen
• palo

verbs

• palella

See also

• polttaa
• palella

Further reading

• “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 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

palaa

1. 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

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

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

Anagrams

• lapaa

Ramoaaina

Noun

palaa

1. water

Further reading

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