polttaa

From Proto-Finnic *polttadak. Cognates include Estonian põletama, Ludian poltada, Veps poutta, Votic põlõtta, Ter Sami pɨellˈted and Erzya пултамс (pultams). Originally probably a causative derivation of palaa; see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoltːɑːˣ/, [ˈpo̞l̪t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -oltːɑː
• Syllabification^(key): polt‧taa

polttaa

1. (transitive) to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire)

   Poltin paperinpalasen

   I burned a piece of paper.

2. to burn (to overheat so as to make unusable)

   Pekka poltti vahingossa illallisen pohjaan

   Pekka accidentally burned the dinner.

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

   En muistanut laittaa aurinkorasvaa ja poltin ihoni.

   I didn't remember to put on sunscreen yesterday and I burned my skin.

6. to burn (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat)
7. (computing) to burn (to write data on a permanent storage device)

   Missä nykyään voi polttaa CD:itä?

   Where can one burn CDs nowadays?

8. to burn, waste (to lose money and/or other resources)

   Yritys on polttanut miljoonia sitten huhtikuun.

   The company has burned millions since April.

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. (transitive, intransitive) to smoke (to deliberately inhale smoke from cigarettes, other tobacco products or some other substances such as marijuana)

    Häiritseekö, jos poltan?

    Do you mind if I smoke?

    Poltatteko? -Kyllä, poltan sikareita.

    Do you smoke? -Yes, I smoke cigars.

11. (medicine, transitive) to cauterize
12. (baseball, pesäpallo) to put out
13. (transitive) to distill alcohol
14. (colloquial) to inform on someone engaged in an illicit activity

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, while with polttaa, the fuel is an object (and who causes it to burn is the subject). Both can be translated as "to burn" into English.

• (to smoke): See: tupakoida

• adjectives: polttava
• nouns: polte, poltin, polttaja, polttimo, poltto
• verbs: poltattaa, poltella

• palaa (“to burn”)

• “polttaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• plotata

From Proto-Finnic *polttadak. Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Karelian polttoa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoltːɑː/, [ˈpo̞ɫtːɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoltːɑː/, [ˈpo̞ɫtːɑː]
• Rhymes: -oltːɑː
• Hyphenation: polt‧taa

polttaa

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (transitive) to smoke
3. (transitive) to strike; hit
4. (transitive, of the heart) to ail

   syämestä polttaa ― to ail the heart

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422