sieltä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From *sigältä, the ablative case of *sikä- (the root of se extended with -ka; found in sikäläinen).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsie̯ltæ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯l̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -ieltæ
  • Syllabification(key): siel‧tä

Adverb

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sieltä

  1. from there, thence (from a place not pointed at by the speaker)
    Me tulimme sieltä.
    We came from there.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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