polttaa

Pronunciation: /ˈpoltːɑːˣ/

“polttaa” is a Finnish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

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

Etymology

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. * (to distill alcohol): Compare Swedish bränna.

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