plusnapa

Finnish

noun

Definitions

(electricity) positive terminal, cathode battery pole toward which the electrons flow
(colloquial) positive terminal, hot terminal in a two- or three phase electricity distribution system, a terminal with voltage, as opposed to the neutral or zero-voltage terminal

Etymology

Compound from Finnish plus (plus, above zero, here from the positive diopter value of the lenses used in this type of eyeglasses) + Finnish napa (polar, pole, navel, terminal).

Origin

Finnish

napa

Gloss

polar, pole, navel, terminal

Concept

Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

臍

Emoji

🎣 💈

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-napainen Finnish
etelänapa Finnish
kolminapainen Finnish
kylmyysnapa Finnish
magneettinapa Finnish
moninapainen Finnish
napa Finnish
napa-akseli Finnish
napa-alue Finnish
napajäkälä Finnish
napajänis Finnish
napajää Finnish
napajäätikkö Finnish
napakaira Finnish
napakelkka Finnish
napakettu Finnish
napakoordinaatisto Finnish
napakoordinaatit Finnish
napakoru Finnish
napakymppi Finnish
napalakki Finnish
napalaskimo Finnish
napamies Finnish
napanuora Finnish
napanöyhtä Finnish
napapaita Finnish
napapaju Finnish
napapiiri Finnish
napapilkku Finnish
napapiste Finnish
napapohjoinen Finnish
napapyörre Finnish
naparetki Finnish
napaseutu Finnish
napasika Finnish
napatanssi Finnish
napatyrä Finnish
napatähti Finnish
navallinen Finnish
plus Finnish
plus-miinusmerkki Finnish
plusaste Finnish
pluslasit Finnish
pluslasku Finnish
plusmerkki Finnish
pluspiste Finnish
pluspuoli Finnish
pluspuu Finnish
pohjoisnapa Finnish
taivaannapa Finnish
talvennapa Finnish
yksinapainen Finnish
*napa Proto-Finnic