Talking about balls in Finnish

Obviously, a ball is pallo in Finnish. Here are some different balls that we have:

1. hierontapallo
2. ilmapallo
3. jalkapallo
4. jumppapallo
5. jäätelöpallo
6. lentopallo
7. karvapallo
8. koripallo
9. kuumailmapallo
10. lumipallo
11. maapallo
12. oksennuspallo
13. räkäpallo
14. tennispallo

Kuvassa on jäätelöpalloja.
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Here are the translations:

1. hierontapallo - a massage ball
2. ilmapallo - a balloon
3. jalkapallo - a football (Check out my football vocabulary here.)
4. jumppapallo - a exercise ball
5. jäätelöpallo - a scoop of ice cream
6. lentopallo - a volleyball
7. karvapallo - a ball of (animal) hair
8. koripallo - a baskeball
9. kuumailmapallo - a hot air balloon
10. lumipallo - a snowball
11. maapallo - the globe
12. oksennuspallo - a vomit ball
13. räkäpallo - a ball of snot
14. tennispallo - a tennis ball

In case you are wondering, these are the Finnish words for balls as in testicles:

• kivekset - testicles (The singular is kives. Kivi is a rock.)
• pallit - balls (Palli is also a stool.)
• kassit - balls (A singular kassi is just a bag. Here's a music video about kassit.) 
• munat - balls (Muna is normally an egg. Notice, that the singular muna can also refer to a penis. If you want to be on the safe side, always say kananmuna instead of just muna.)

P.S. Pallomeri is a ball pit, literally a ball sea. A meat ball is weirdly lihapulla, not lihapallo. Another word for edible balls is pyörykkä.

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