punainen

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *punainën, equivalent to puna (“red”) +‎ -inen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpunɑi̯nen/, [ˈpunɑ̝i̯ne̞n] Rhymes: -unɑinen Syllabification(key): pu‧nai‧nen Hyphenation(key): pu‧nai‧nen === Adjective === punainen (comparative punaisempi, superlative punaisin) red ==== Usage notes ==== The combining form is puna-; note that puna can also be used as a noun. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === punainen red (color) (often in the plural) reds, red lights (traffic signal) ajaa päin punaisia ― to jump the red lights (in the plural, politics, archaic) the socialists (in the plural, historical) "Reds", in the Finnish civil war of 1918, the revolutionary side, as opposed to the valkoiset (“Whites”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (red traffic lights): punaiset valot, punaiset liikennevalot === Further reading === “punainen”, 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 1 July 2023