ylös

Finnish

Alternative forms
  • ylähä (dialectal)

Etymology

Lative case of the stem ylä-. Equivalent to ylä- +‎ -s (with labialization from dialectal yles).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈyløs/, [ˈylø̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -yløs
  • Syllabification(key): y‧lös

Adverb

ylös (comparative ylemmäksi or ylemmäs, superlative ylimmäksi or ylimmäs)

  1. up, upward

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 – –
instructive ylen –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms

Antonyms

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ülä-. Cognate with Finnish ylös.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈyløs/, [ˈylʲø̞z̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈyløs/, [ˈylø̞ʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -yløs
  • Hyphenation: y‧lös

Adverb

ylös

  1. Synonym of yllää

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 693
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