Head
"Head" in Finnish
etu
(placed at the top or the front)
pää
(of, relating to, or intended for the head)
pää
(foremost in rank or importance)
vasta
(coming from in front)
edistys
(headway; progress)
etuosa
(topmost or leading part)
herkkumutteri
(slang: glans penis)
hydrostaattinen paine
(fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure)
joensuu
(source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it)
johtaja
(leader, chief, mastermind)
johtajaopettaja
(headmaster, headmistress)
joukot
(power; armed force)
jälkiosa
(linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound)
kansi
(end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel)
kanta
(population of game)
kanta
(blunt end of a nail, screw etc.)
kirjoituspää
(computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data)
kohta
(topic; subject)
kriisi
(denouement; crisis)
kunniapaikka
(place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position)
kärki
(topmost or leading part)
kärki
(sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer)
kärki
(place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position)
käymälä
(toilet of a ship)
lanttu
(part of the body)
lapa
(top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball)
laskukohta
(source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it)
latva
(leafy top part of a tree)
latvus
(leafy top part of a tree)
lukupää
(computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data)
lähde
(source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it)
mieli
(mind; one's own thoughts)
mykerö
(clump of seeds, leaves or flowers)
narkkari
(slang: heavy or habitual user of drugs)
nenä
(mental aptitude or skill)
paine
(buildup of fluid pressure)
paine-ero
(fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure)
perusosa
(linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound)
putouskorkeus
(fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure)
pää
(part of the body)
pää
(mental aptitude or skill)
pää
(mind; one's own thoughts)
pää
(individual person)
pää
(measure word for livestock and game)
pää
(topmost or leading part)
pää
(end of a table)
pää
(end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance)
pää
(principal operative part of a machine or tool)
pää
(end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.)
pää
(element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium)
pää
(computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data)
pää
(medicine: the end of an abscess where pus collects)
pää
(beginning or end, protuberance)
pää
(clump of seeds, leaves or flowers)
pää
(anatomy: rounded part of a bone)
pää
(tiles laid at the eaves of a house)
päällikkö
(leader, chief, mastermind)
pääosa
(significant or important part)
rehtori
(headmaster, headmistress)
suihinotto
(slang: oral sex)
terä
(end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.)
tähkä
(ear of cereal)
vaahto
(foam on carbonated beverages)
vainu
(mental aptitude or skill)
vessa
(toilet of a ship)
voimat
(power; armed force)
yläliikki
(nautical: top edge of a sail)
yläosa
(topmost or leading part)
johtaa
(to be in command of)
katkaista
(to cut off the top of)
komentaa
(to be in command of)
kulkea kohti
(to move in a specified direction)
lähteä johonkin
(to move in a specified direction)
matkata kohti
(to move in a specified direction)
muodostaa kaalinpää
(to form a head)
nostaa pystyyn
(to set on the head)
poistaa pää
(fishing: to remove the head from a fish)
pukata
(to strike with the head)
pysäyttää
(to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop)
saada alkunsa
(to originate, as a river)
suunnata
(to move in a specified direction)
suunnistaa
(to move in a specified direction)
tehdä pää
(to fit or furnish with a head)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.