sieltä
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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]
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.
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 2023-07-03