sieltä
See also: sielta
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *sigältä, the ablative case of *sikä- (the root of se extended with -ka; found in sikäläinen).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsie̯ltæ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯l̪t̪æ]
- Rhymes: -ieltæ
- Syllabification(key): siel‧tä
- Hyphenation(key): siel‧tä
Adverb
[edit]sieltä
- from there, thence (from a place not pointed at by the speaker)
- Me tulimme sieltä.
- We came from there.
Usage notes
[edit]- For the exact difference between sieltä and tuolta, see the usage notes under tuo.
- siitä usually implies a more precise or exact location than sieltä.
Inflection
[edit]| →○ | sublative | sinne |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | superessive | siellä |
| ○→ | delative | sieltä |
See se for more.
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sieltä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023