ylhäällä

Finnish

Etymology

ylä- +‎ -(h)ällä; the superessive singular of ylä- (see alhaalla for origin of -h-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈylhæːlːæ/, [ˈylhæːlːæ]
  • Rhymes: -ylhæːlːæ
  • Syllabification(key): yl‧hääl‧lä
  • Hyphenation(key): yl‧hääl‧lä

Adverb

ylhäällä

  1. (locative) up, above
    ylhäällä vuorilla ― up in the mountains
    He tulivat ulos kädet ylhäällä.
    They came out with their hands up.
    Oletko jo ylhäällä?
    Are you up (out of bed) already?

Inflection

Declension of ylä-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative ylä- –superessive ylhäällä –
genitive – –delative ylhäältä –
partitive – –sublative ylhäälle –
accusative – –lative ylös –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative (yleensä) –multiplicative – –
adessive yllä –distributive – –
ablative yltä –temp. dist. – –
allative ylle –prolative yli, ylitse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive ylen –
comitative – –

Further reading

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