tulla

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • to come
  • (elative + 3rd person singular + noun/adjective in nominative or partitive) to become, get, go, turn
  • (impersonal) to have to do, be to do, should do, be supposed to do
  • auxiliary verb for emphasized future tense, the present tense is usually used instead for the future tense
  • (+ passive past participle in translative) auxiliary verb for passive voice
  • (+ passive past participle in partitive) auxiliary verb for passive voice, particularly if the action is less definite or in direct questions
  • (+ active past participle in translative) to manage to do (more or less unintentionally), to succeed in doing (more or less unintentionally)
  • (slang) to cum, orgasm

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *tuldak inherited from Proto-Uralic *tole-.

Origin

Proto-Uralic

*tole-

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