polttaa

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Originally probably a causative derivation of ; see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

Verb

 * 1)  to burn to cause to be consumed by fire
 * 2) to burn to overheat so as to make unusable
 * 3) to burn to make or produce by the application of fire
 * 4) to burn to injure with heat or chemicals that cause similar injuries
 * 5) to burn, sunburn
 * 6) to burn to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat
 * 7)  to burn to write data on a permanent storage device
 * 8) to burn, waste to lose money and/or other resources
 * 9) to get hot, burn to come (very) close to the truth or the correct solution; from the children's game of hot and cold
 * 10)  to smoke to deliberately inhale smoke from cigarettes, other tobacco products or some other substances such as marijuana
 * 11)  to cauterize
 * 12)  to put out
 * 13)  to distill alcohol
 * 14)  to inform on someone engaged in an illicit activity
 * 1)  to smoke to deliberately inhale smoke from cigarettes, other tobacco products or some other substances such as marijuana
 * 2)  to cauterize
 * 3)  to put out
 * 4)  to distill alcohol
 * 5)  to inform on someone engaged in an illicit activity
 * 1)  to distill alcohol
 * 2)  to inform on someone engaged in an illicit activity

Usage notes
The difference between the Finnish verbs and  is that with, the fuel (or whatever is burning) is the subject of the sentence, while with , the fuel is an object (and who causes it to burn is the subject). Both can be translated as "to burn" into English.

Synonyms

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Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to burn
 * 2)  to smoke
 * 3)  to strike; hit
 * 4)  to ail