ylhäällä

Finnish

Etymology

The superessive singular of ylä- (see alhaalla for origin of -h-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈylhæːlːæ/, [ˈylhæːlːæ]
• Rhymes: -ylhæːlːæ
• Syllabification^(key): yl‧hääl‧lä

Adverb

ylhäällä

1. (static) up, above

   Ylhäällä vuorilla. = Up in the mountains.

   He tulivat ulos kädet ylhäällä. = They came out with their hands up.

   Oletko jo ylhäällä? = Are you up already? (awake, out of bed)

Inflection

Declension of ylä- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative ylä- – superessive ylhäällä – genitive – – delative ylhäältä – partitive – – sublative ylhäälle – accusative – – lative ylös – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative (yleensä) – multiplicative – – adessive yllä – distributive – – ablative yltä – temp. dist. – – allative ylle – prolative yli, ylitse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive ylen – comitative – –