punoa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *punodak, from Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Estonian punuma, Northern Sami botnit, Erzya понамс (ponams) and Hungarian fon.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpunoɑˣ/, [ˈpuno̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -unoɑ
- Syllabification(key): pu‧no‧a
- Hyphenation(key): pu‧noa
Verb
punoa
- to intertwine, twine, twist (together) (join together by twining or twisting; join by winding around one another)
- to weave (form something by passing and twisting strands of material over and under one another; most often used of materials like rope, wicker, bast, reeds, straw, willow or roots, as opposed to weaving yarn for making fabrics or garments)
- Near-synonym: kutoa
- to twist (turn the ends in opposite directions)
- Synonym: kiertää
- (figuratively) to weave, twine, intertwine; devise, create, link
Conjugation
| Inflection of punoa (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | punon | en puno | 1st sing. | olen punonut | en ole punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | punot | et puno | 2nd sing. | olet punonut | et ole punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | punoo | ei puno | 3rd sing. | on punonut | ei ole punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | punomme | emme puno | 1st plur. | olemme punoneet | emme ole punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | punotte | ette puno | 2nd plur. | olette punoneet | ette ole punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | punovat | eivät puno | 3rd plur. | ovat punoneet | eivät ole punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | punotaan | ei punota | passive | on punottu | ei ole punottu | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | punoin | en punonut | 1st sing. | olin punonut | en ollut punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | punoit | et punonut | 2nd sing. | olit punonut | et ollut punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | punoi | ei punonut | 3rd sing. | oli punonut | ei ollut punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | punoimme | emme punoneet | 1st plur. | olimme punoneet | emme olleet punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | punoitte | ette punoneet | 2nd plur. | olitte punoneet | ette olleet punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | punoivat | eivät punoneet | 3rd plur. | olivat punoneet | eivät olleet punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | punottiin | ei punottu | passive | oli punottu | ei ollut punottu | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | punoisin | en punoisi | 1st sing. | olisin punonut | en olisi punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | punoisit | et punoisi | 2nd sing. | olisit punonut | et olisi punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | punoisi | ei punoisi | 3rd sing. | olisi punonut | ei olisi punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | punoisimme | emme punoisi | 1st plur. | olisimme punoneet | emme olisi punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | punoisitte | ette punoisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte punoneet | ette olisi punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | punoisivat | eivät punoisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat punoneet | eivät olisi punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | punottaisiin | ei punottaisi | passive | olisi punottu | ei olisi punottu | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | puno | älä puno | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | punokoon | älköön punoko | 3rd sing. | olkoon punonut | älköön olko punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | punokaamme | älkäämme punoko | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | punokaa | älkää punoko | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | punokoot | älkööt punoko | 3rd plur. | olkoot punoneet | älkööt olko punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | punottakoon | älköön punottako | passive | olkoon punottu | älköön olko punottu | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | punonen | en punone | 1st sing. | lienen punonut | en liene punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | punonet | et punone | 2nd sing. | lienet punonut | et liene punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | punonee | ei punone | 3rd sing. | lienee punonut | ei liene punonut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | punonemme | emme punone | 1st plur. | lienemme punoneet | emme liene punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | punonette | ette punone | 2nd plur. | lienette punoneet | ette liene punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | punonevat | eivät punone | 3rd plur. | lienevät punoneet | eivät liene punoneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | punottaneen | ei punottane | passive | lienee punottu | ei liene punottu | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | punoa | present | punova | punottava | |||||||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | punonut | punottu | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | punoessa | punottaessa | agent4 | punoma | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | punomaton | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | punoen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | punomassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | punomasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | punomaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | punomalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | punomatta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | punoman | punottaman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | punominen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th1 |
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- “punoa”, 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 3 July 2023