tervetuloa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]terve (“healthy”) + tuloa (“coming”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈterʋeˣˌtuloɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞rʋe̞t̪̚ˌt̪ulo̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uloɑ
- Syllabification(key): ter‧ve‧tu‧lo‧a
Interjection
[edit]tervetuloa
- (when greeting) welcome, great to see you, nice you could come
- (after having arranged a visit) looking forward to seeing you
- (when inviting someone) Would you like to visit us? It'd be nice to have you over sometime. (Please) come again! (only by salespeople:) (Please) call again!
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tervetuloa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03