pumppaan

Pumppaan is a Finnish verb meaning to pump. It denotes the action of moving a liquid or gas by means of a pump, or inflating something by repeated pressing. The infinitive form is pumppa- and the verb belongs to the regular -aa/-ä conjugation group, with a stem formed as pumpp-. The form pumppaan represents the first-person singular present indicative.

Conjugation in the present tense is as follows: minä pumppaan, sinä pumppaat, hän pumppaa, me pumppamme, te pumppaatte, he pumppavat. The imperfect past tense is: minä pumppasin, sinä pumppasit, hän pumppasi, me pumppasimme, te pumppasitte, he pumppasivat. The imperative singular is pumppaa, and the imperative plural is pumppaatte or pumppatkaa in common usage, depending on regional variation and style.

Usage and context: pumppaan is used in everyday and technical language to describe operating a pump to move fluids or gases, or to inflate something. Common objects include ilmaa (air) for tires, vettä (water) into a tank, or öljyä (oil) into a engine. The verb can appear in both literal and slightly figurative contexts, such as describing increasing effort or resources toward a task, though this figurative use is less formal.

Etymology: the word is a Finnish formation derived from the noun pump, via a Finnish verb root pumpp-, with the -aa suffix indicating first-person present. The associated noun pumppaus means pumping as a process.

See also: pumppaus, pumppa- (infinitive), pumppaaminen.