maali

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

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

maali

1. paint

• maalari
• maalinen
• maalata
• maalaus
• maalauttaa

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. (ball games) goal

   tehdä maali ― to score, to make a goal

3. (American football) touchdown
4. (sports) finish line, finish
5. (military) bogey (enemy aircraft)

   Synonym: kohde

6. (music) ending (one of the different endings for a repeated section)
7. (archery) popinjay (target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage)

• -maalinen
• maaliton
• maalittaa

• Maila, ilmaa, limaa, maila, malia