From Proto-Finnic *painadak, from Proto-Uralic *pajńa-.

• (to print (a book)): Semantic loan from Swedish trycka or German drücken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑːˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯nɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑinɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): pai‧naa

painaa

1. (transitive) to press, push

   painaa liipaisinta ― to pull the trigger (literally, “to press the trigger”)

   painaa nappia ― to press a button

   painaa päänsä (+ illative) ― to lower one's head, rest one's head (on) (literally, “to press one's head (on)”)

2. (transitive) to imprint by pressing or pushing

   painaa jälki ― to imprint a mark

3. (transitive) to print (a book)

   Painetaanko sitä yhä?

   Is it still in print?

4. (intransitive) to weigh (have weight)

   Paljonko viljasäkki painaa?

   How much does the grain sack weigh?

5. (transitive, usually atelic) to weigh down, press down, act as ballast

   Kymmenen kilometrin vaelluksen jälkeen reppu painoi jo selkää.

   After ten kilometres of hiking, the backpack began to weigh my back down.

6. (transitive, usually atelic) to weigh down, cause anxiety or stress

   painaa (jonkun) mieltä ― to bother, trouble, oppress, be on somebody's mind

   Painaako sinua jokin?

   Is something weighing you down?

7. (slang) to bang, screw

• “painaa”, 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 2023-07-03

• apinaa

From Proto-Finnic *painadak. Cognates include Finnish painaa and Estonian painata.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑː/, [ˈpɑi̯nɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯nɑː/, [ˈpɑi̯nɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯nɑː
• Hyphenation: pai‧naa

painaa

1. (transitive) to push
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59:

     päähä hattu painettii, suuhu piippu pissettii.

     A hat was pushed onto his head, a pipe was stuck into his mouth.

2. (transitive) to bend
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 77:

     Nyt kovin painamma käen kynsvarrees.

     Now we will bend our arm strongly at the elbow.

3. (transitive) to print
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Paksuul șriftaal painetut format, niku jo oli saottu, ollaa otettu kirjakeelen formaks.

     The forms printed in the bold print, like was already said, have been taken into the forms of the written language.

4. (transitive) to dye; to stain

• (to bend): painuttaa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 374