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
- Hyphenation: paa‧lu
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
Declension
| Inflection of paalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | paaluin | |
| abessive | paalutta | paaluitta | |
| comitative | — | paaluineen | |
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