tervetuloa

Finnish

Etymology

terve (“healthy”) +‎ tuloa (“coming”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈterʋeˣˌtuloɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞rʋe̞t̪̚ˌt̪ulo̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uloɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ter‧ve‧tu‧lo‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): terve‧tuloa

Interjection

tervetuloa

  1. welcome (greeting given upon someone's arrival); great to see you, nice you could come
  2. Polite way to request someone to come over and visit; you're welcome to visit us, (once already arranged) looking forward to seeing you
    tervetuloa uudelleen! ― (please) come again!

Derived terms

compounds

See also

Further reading

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