sulla

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See also: Sulla and Sul·la

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੁੱਲ (sulla), a mispronunciation of Punjabi ਮੁੱਲਾ (mullā, mullah, Islamic religious leader), derived from Classical Persian ملا (mullā), from Arabic مُلَّا (mullā).

Noun[edit]

sulla (plural sullas)

  1. (South Asia, religious slur, ethnic slur) A Muslim man; especially one from Pakistan.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The term is generally used by Hindutva supremacists.

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contracted from the standard form sinulla.

Pronoun[edit]

sulla

  1. (colloquial) adessive of

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sulla (to swill), perhaps from Old Norse sollr, *sullr (swill, slop for pigs), from Proto-Germanic *swulaz (swill), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow). Cognate with English swill. Compare also Old Norse svalla (to drink heavily, swill).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sulla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sullaði, supine sullað)

  1. to splash around, to splash about
    Ég vil sulla í pollinum!
    I wanna go splashing about in the puddle!
    Þetta er mynd af Önnu að sulla.
    This is a picture of Anna splashing.
  2. to spill
    Ég sullaði mjólkinni.
    I spilled the milk.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The verb sulla and sulla saman (to mix together) denote a hint of apathy, carelessness or casualness of the doer's actions.
  • This verb may be found childish.
  • In the sense of "spilling" the preposition á (on) may be added to give information as to where one spilled something:
    Ég sullaði mjólk á gólfið.
    I spilled milk on the floor.

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Italian[edit]

Contraction[edit]

sulla

  1. contraction of su la; on the

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sulla f (plural silel)

  1. Alternative form of silla: French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *sulë.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsulla/

Noun[edit]

sulla

  1. approximation, resemblance (of something)
  2. estimate

Inflection[edit]

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative sulla
Genitive sula
Singular Plural
Nominative sulla sulat
Accusative sula sulaid
Genitive sula sulaid
Illative sullii sulaide
Locative sulas sulain
Comitative sulain sulaiguin
Essive sullan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sullan sullame sullamet
2nd person sullat sullade sulladet
3rd person sullas sullaska sullaset

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *suladak.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈsuɫːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ulɑː
  • Hyphenation: sul‧la

Verb[edit]

sulla

  1. (intransitive) to melt, thaw
  2. (intransitive) to dissolve

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of sulla (type III-4/ellä, no gradation, gemination)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulan en sula 1st singular õõn sulannu en õõ sulannu
2nd singular sulad ed sula 2nd singular õõd sulannu ed õõ sulannu
3rd singular sulab eb sula 3rd singular on sulannu eb õõ sulannu
1st plural sulammõ emmä sula 1st plural öõmmõ sulannu emmä õõ sulannu
2nd plural sulattõ että sula 2nd plural õõttõ sulannu että õõ sulannu
3rd plural sulõta eväd sula 3rd plural õlla sulõttu eväd õõ sulõttu
impersonal sulõta eväd sula impersonal õlla sulõttu eväd õõ sulõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulin en sulannu 1st singular õlin sulannu
2nd singular sulid ed sulannu 2nd singular õlid sulannu
3rd singular suli eb sulannu 3rd singular õli sulannu
1st plural sulimmõ emmä sulannu 1st plural õlimmõ sulannu
2nd plural sulittõ että sulannu 2nd plural õlittõ sulannu
3rd plural sulõtti eväd sulõttu 3rd plural õlti sulõttu
impersonal sulõtti eväd sulõttu impersonal õlti sulõttu
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular sulaizin en sulaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin sulannu en õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd singular sulaizid ed sulaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid sulannu ed õllõizʹ sulannu
3rd singular sulaizʹ eb sulaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ sulannu eb õllõizʹ sulannu
1st plural sulaizimmõ emmä sulaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ sulannu emmä õllõizʹ sulannu
2nd plural sulaizittõ että sulaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ sulannu että õllõizʹ sulannu
3rd plural sulõttaizʹ eväd sulõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ sulõttu eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
impersonal sulõttaizʹ eväd sulõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ sulõttu eväd õltaizʹ sulõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular
2nd singular sula elä sula
3rd singular sulago elko sulago
1st plural
2nd plural sulaga elka sulaga
3rd plural sulagod
impersonal
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st sulla present sulajõ1)
2nd illative sulama past sulannu sulõttu
inessive sulamõz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative sulamassõ
abessive sulamattõ

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sulaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn