perille

Finnish

Etymology

Allative plural form of perä (in its archaic sense "ground"), which could be translated literally as "onto the rears".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperilːeˣ/, [ˈpe̞rilːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -erilːe
  • Syllabification(key): pe‧ril‧le
  • Hyphenation(key): pe‧ril‧le

Adverb

perille

  1. to/at the destination
    Milloin tulemme perille?
    When will we arrive (at our destination)?

Usage notes

In Finnish, one does not arrive "at" somewhere but "to" somewhere.

Inflection

→○ allative perille
○ adessive perillä
○→ ablative –

Noun

perille

  1. allative plural of perä

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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