Sting

"Sting" in Finnish

koukku

(harmful or painful part of something)

piikki

(concluding point of a sarcastic saying)

pisto

(bump on skin)

pisto

(puncture)

pisto

(sharp, localised pain in epidermis)

pisto

(thrust of a sting into the flesh)

poltinkarva

(stinging hair of a plant)

purema

(bump on skin)

purema

(puncture)

soluttautuminen

(police operation)

pistää

(to hurt)

pistää

(of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

purra

(to hurt)

purra

(of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.