maali

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/, [ˈmɑ̝ːli]
• Rhymes: -ɑːli
• Syllabification^(key): maa‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): maa‧li

Borrowed from Old Swedish mãl (“paint”), from māla (“to paint”), itself borrowed from Middle Low German mâlen (“to paint”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (“to mark, stain, paint”).

maali

1. paint

• maalari
• maalata
• maalaus

• “1. maali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from Old Swedish māl (“measure, amount; sign”) (compare Swedish mål (“target; what one aims to hit”)), from both Old Norse mál (“language, speech”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą) and Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

maali

1. target

   Synonym: kohde

2. (military) bogey (enemy aircraft)

   Synonym: kohde

3. (figuratively) goal, aim, end

   Synonym: tavoite

4. (ball games) goal

   tehdä maali ― to score, to make a goal

5. (sports) finish (the location where a race ends)
6. (archery) popinjay (target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage)
7. (music) ending (one of the different endings for a repeated section)
8. (American football) touchdown

• “2. maali”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• Maila, ilmaa, limaa, maila, malia

Ultimately from Old Swedish māl, possibly via Finnish maali.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/, [ˈmɑːlʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/, [ˈmɑːli]
• Rhymes: -ɑːlʲ, -ɑːli
• Hyphenation: maa‧li

maali

1. target
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:

     Kuvata fonari, paravoza, maali ampumist vart.

     Draw a streetlight, a steam locomotive, a target for shooting.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 302