palaa

palaa

Finnish

(index pa)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

palaa

1. Partitive singular form of pala.

   Kukaan ei ottanut viimeistä palaa.

   Nobody took the last piece.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

palaa

1. (intransitive) To burn.

   Tuli palaa uunissa.

   A fire is burning in the stove.

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. (figuratively, idiomatic) ~ halusta : to burn with desire

   Hän paloi halusta päästä purjehtimaan Jussin kanssa.

   She was burning with desire to go sailing with John.

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.

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.	ole palanut	älä ole palanut
3rd sing.		palakoon	älköön palako	3rd sing.	olkoon palanut	älköön olko palanut
1st plur.		palakaamme	älkäämme palako	1st plur.	olkaamme palaneet	älkäämme olko palaneet
2nd plur.		palakaa	älkää palako	2nd plur.	olkaa palaneet	älkää olko palaneet
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 1st2		palaakseen		past	palanut	palettu
2nd	inessive1	palaessa	palettaessa	agent1, 3	palama
	instructive	palaen	—	negative	palamaton
3rd	inessive	palamassa	—	1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. 3) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix.
	elative	palamasta	—
	illative	palamaan	—
	adessive	palamalla	—
	abessive	palamatta	—
	instructive	palaman	palettaman
4th	nominative	palaminen
	partitive	palamista
5th2		palamaisillaan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adjectives: palamaton, palava
• nouns: palo

• phrasal verbs: palaa loppuun
• verbs: frequentative palella

Compounds

• palamisjäte
• palamistuote
• palavakivi
• palavapensas
• palavarakkaus

See also

• polttaa

Pronunciation

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

Verb

palaa

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of palata.

   Hän palaa.

   S/he comes back.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

palaa

1. Indicative present connegative form 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 imperative present form of palata.

   Palaa!

   Come back!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palata.

   Älä palaa!

   Don't come back!

Anagrams

• lapaa

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Ramoaaina

Noun

palaa

1. water

Further reading

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