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
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