kylä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • village
  • (idiomatic) Any private place, typically someone else's home, which one is visiting; used in this context mainly with verbs olla (t=to be) (kylässä), mennä (t=to go) (kylään), tulla (t=to come) (kylästä). In English, e.g. verbs to visit or see may be used as equivalent to this structure.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *külä inherited from *külä (dwelling).

Origin

*külä

Gloss

dwelling

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