paalu

Etymology
Borrowed from, (compare modern 🇨🇬; cognate with 🇨🇬); ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 2) pile large stake, driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, etc.
 * 3)  the stake upright piece of timber to which a person condemned to death by burning alive was affixed
 * 4)  pale
 * 5)  money
 * 1)  pale
 * 2)  money

Usage notes

 * Finnish words referring to long and slender objects which may be translated into English as "pole" include:, , , , ,.