The Finnish word for fish is
kala

Translations for fish and their definitions

kala
1. n. fish
Hauki on kala.
A pike is a fish.
2. n. (collectively) fish
Tässä järvessä on paljon kalaa.
There's lots of fish in this lake.
3. n. fish
Syön usein kalaa.
I often eat fish.
4. n. fishing (as a personal activity, used with the verbs olla, , to be and m, fi, mennä, , to go, m, fi, lähteä, , to leave, and m, fi, käydä, , to go and come back)
olla kalassa
to go fishing
käydä kalassa
to go fishing
mennä kalaan
to go fishing
lähteä kalaan
to go fishing
lähteä kalalle
to go fishing
Käytkö usein kalassa?
Do you often go fishing?
5. n. seafood
Mennään kalaravintolaan.
Let's go to a seafood restaurant.

kalastaa
1. v. To fish.

urkkia
1. v. To snoop, pry (be nosy).

penkoa
1. v. To rummage.

onkia
1. n. partitive plural form of onki
2. v. To angle, fish using a rod and line.

kerjätä
1. v. To beg.

naarata
1. v. To drag or search something from water using a hook, used especially for the act of searching for dead bodies in a lake.

vongata
1. v. (colloquial) to beg (often in an intruding manner, refusing to accept no for answer, ex. of a man pleading with a woman in a bar for sex)

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