tulla

tulla

1. Da-infinitive of tulema.

From Proto-Finnic *tuldak, from Proto-Uralic *tole-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtulːɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ulːɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tul‧la

tulla (intransitive)

1. to come (move nearer)

   Milloin juna tulee?

   When is the train coming?

   Tule katsomaan!

   Come look!

2. (impersonal + elative) to become, get, go, turn (noun, adjective, participle, etc.)

   Hänestä tuli rikas.

   He became rich.

   Heistä tuli hulluja. (in the plural, the partitive case is used)

   They became crazy.

3. to become, get, go, turn (+ translative) (adjective, participle, etc.; only very rarely a noun)

   He tulivat hulluiksi.

   They went crazy.

4. to come into, get (+ illative) (enter a state of being)

   tulla humalaan ― to get drunk

5. (impersonal + genitive, auxiliary) to have to, be to, should, be supposed to (+ first infinitive)

   Minun tulee tehdä tämä huomiseksi.

   I have to do this by tomorrow.

6. (auxiliary) The auxiliary verb for emphatic future tense; the present tense is usually used instead as a future tense.

   Nimeni on Tapani ja tapani tulette tuntemaan.

   My name is Tapani and you will learn my ways.

7. (auxiliary) Used to express the passive voice for arbitrary verbs (+ translative of the past passive participle)

   Hän tuli valituksi.

   He was chosen.

   Tapa tai tule tapetuksi.

   Kill or be killed.

8. (auxiliary) Used to express the passive voice, particularly if the action is less definite, or in direct questions (+ partitive of the past passive participle)

   Mitä tuli sanottua?

   What did you say?

9. (auxiliary) to manage to do (more or less unintentionally), to succeed in doing (more or less unintentionally) (+ translative of the active past participle)

   Hän tuli tehneeksi pahan virheen.

   She managed to make a big mistake.

10. (slang) to cum, orgasm

Colloquially, the present stem tule- may be replaced in some forms with tuu-:

• (to become): muuttua (+ translative)
• (to have to do): pitää (genitive + third-person singular + infinitive), olla (genitive + third-person singular + passive present participle), olla määrä
• (to come/cum, orgasm): saada orgasmi

• (antonym(s) of “to come”): mennä, lähteä, poistua

• saapua

• “tulla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• tuña

Unknown. Documented since the 10th century in local Medieval Latin charters as tulia;[1] unlikely from Latin tubula (“small tube”)[2] which originates tolva. Compare Portuguese tulha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuʎa̝/

tulla f (plural tullas)

1. chest or place for storing the crop

• entullar
• entullo

• “tulla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tulla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tulla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tulla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Finnic *tuldak. Cognates include Finnish tulla and Estonian tulla.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtulːɑ/, [ˈtuɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtulːɑ/, [ˈtuɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulː, -ulːɑ
• Hyphenation: tul‧la

tulla

1. (intransitive) to come, arrive

   Miä tulin siun kottii. ― I came to your house.

   • 1933, V. I. Junus, Lukukirja inkeroisia oppikoteja vart (toiseel oppivuuvveel), Leningrad: Riikin Izdatelstvo Kirja, page 6:

     Tulliit hyy metsä tiil.

     They arrived at the road.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:

     Sima tulloo klaassaa.

     Sima comes to class.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 60:

     Tulloo töömees laavkaa.

     He arrives at a working store.

2. (intransitive) to turn out

   Tulloo, jot möö oomma seukot! ― Turns out that we are cousins!

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Tuli niin, jot möö mänimmä ääree seitsemän kilometran päähä laagerist.

     So it turned out, that we went about seven kilometers away from the camp.

3. (copulative) to turn out

   A kohvi tuli oikiin hyvä! ― The coffee turned out very well!

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Käsijä palensi, mut ukko tuli hyvä.

     [Their] hands feel cold, but the [snow]man turned out well.

4. (intransitive) to work out

   Ei tult mittää. ― Nothing came of it.

5. (transitive + translative) to become, to get

   Kuin siun lapset tulivat suureks! ― How big your children have gotten!

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:

     Päivät tultii lyhheeks,
     ja päivyt kirkkaast ei paissa.

     The days are getting short,
     and the Sun doesn't shine brightly.

6. (transitive, elative + 3rd person + nominative) to make for

   Täst kapussast tulloo hyvä suppi. ― This cabbage will make for a good soup. (literally, “From this cabbage will come a good soup.”)

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     a toost Jyrki pionerast
     tulloo hyvä inƶenera.

     and that Jyrki the pioneer
     will make for a good engineer.

• The forms starting with töö-, tye- comform to the front-vocalic vowel harmony:

  Tyetkö siä? ― Are you coming?

• (to become): noissa, päässä, jäävvä, männä

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 607
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 75

From Proto-Finnic *tuldak. Cognates include Finnish tulla and Estonian tulla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtulːɑ/
• Hyphenation: tul‧la
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ

tulla

1. (intransitive) to come; to arrive
2. (intransitive) to work out

   Sit ei tuldu nimidä. ― Nothing came of it.

3. (intransitive + translative) to become

   Mie tulin opastajakse. ― I became a teacher.

4. (intransitive + translative) to be (related)

   Häi tulou minule vellekse. ― He is my brother.

5. (intransitive + translative) to fall on

   Minun roindupäivy tuli piätenčäkse. ― My birthday fell on a friday.

6. (intransitive + adessive) to smell like

   Laukku tulou juustol. ― The shop smells like cheese.

7. (impersonal + 1st infinitive) to be needed; to be important

   Tulou voimistella. ― It is important to do gymnastics.

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “tulla”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

tulla

1. Alternative form of tulya (“to be weighed”), which see for usage and meanings.

tulla

1. inflection of tullir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative