maalailla
Finnish
verb
Definitions
- to paint (to be painting, but not putting one's best effort to it)
- to gild the lily (to add superfluous attributes to something)
Etymology
Affix from Finnish maalata (paint).
Origin
Finnish
maalata
Gloss
paint
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
塗
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kaunomaalailu Finnish
- maalaaja Finnish
- maalaamaton Finnish
- maalaamo Finnish
- maalailu Finnish
- maalata Finnish
- maalaus Finnish
- maalautua Finnish
- paikkamaalata Finnish
- pohjamaalata Finnish
- polttomaalata Finnish
- ruiskumaalata Finnish
- spraymaalata Finnish
- äännemaalailu Finnish
- mala Old Swedish