Noun type: 1
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | paalu |
| Partitive | paalua |
| Genetive | paalun |
| Accusative | paalun |
| Inessive | paalussa |
| Elative | paalusta |
| Illative | paaluun |
| Adessive | paalulla |
| Ablative | paalulta |
| Allative | paalulle |
| Essive | paaluna |
| Translative | paaluksi |
| Abessive | paalutta |
Plural
| Nominative | paalut |
| Partitive | paaluja |
| Genetive | paalujen |
| Accusative | paalut |
| Inessive | paaluissa |
| Elative | paaluista |
| Illative | paaluihin |
| Adessive | paaluilla |
| Ablative | paaluilta |
| Allative | paaluille |
| Essive | paaluina |
| Translative | paaluiksi |
| Abessive | paaluitta |
| Instructive | paaluin |
| Comitative | paaluine |
Sample Sentences
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toteemipaalu (totem pole)
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paalujuntta (pile driver)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish pāl, pāle (compare modern Swedish påle; cognate with English pole); ultimately from Latin pālus. See: Swedish Nouns '
påle', English Nouns '
pole', Latin Nouns '
pālus'.
Nouns inflected like paalu
aalto,
aamu,
aasinpotku,
aatelisto,
aatto,
abo,
adagio,
afro,
ahdinko,
ahjo,
aho,
aino,
ainu,
airo,
aironveto,
aito,
aivo,
aivot,
ajatuskatko,
ajo, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)