sulla

See also: Sulla and Sul·la

Finnish

Etymology

Contracted from the standard form sinulla.

Pronoun

sulla

1. (colloquial) Adessive form of sä.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From sull (“mixture”) and -a (“turns nouns into verbs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏtla/
• Rhymes: -ʏtla

Verb

sulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sullaði, supine sullat)

1. to splash around, to splash about

   Ég vil sulla í pollinum!

   I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!

   Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.

   This is a picture of Anna splashing.

2. to spill

   Ég sullaði mjólkinni.

   I spilled the milk.

Usage notes

• The verb sulla and sulla saman (“to mix together”) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
• This verb may be found childish.
• In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á (“on”) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:

  Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.

  I spilled milk on the floor.

Derived terms

• sulla á (“to spill on”)
• sulla saman (“to mix something”)

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Italian

Contraction

sulla

1. contraction of su la; on the

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsulla/

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sulë.

Noun

sulla

1. approximation, resemblance (of something)
2. estimate

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	sulla
Genitive	sula
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sulla	sulat
Accusative	sula	sulaid
Genitive	sula	sulaid
Illative	sullii	sulaide
Locative	sulas	sulain
Comitative	sulain	sulaiguin
Essive	sullan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sullan sullame sullamet 2nd person sullat sullade sulladet 3rd person sullas sullaska sullaset

Derived terms

• sullii

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland