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See also: silță, siltä, siltā, and šilta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tílˀta (compare Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiltɑ/, [ˈs̠il̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iltɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sil‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): sil‧ta

Noun

silta

  1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
    katettu siltacovered bridge
  2. bridge (in eyeglasses or spectacles, the connecting part between the two lenses)
  3. (anatomy) pons (bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ)
  4. (dentistry) synonym of hammassilta (bridge (prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth))
  5. (nautical) synonym of komentosilta (bridge (platform above the upper deck))
  6. (gymnastics, dance) bridge, backbend
  7. (wrestling) bridge
  8. (telecommunications) bridge (system which connects two or more local area networks)
  9. (computing) bridge (device which connects computer buses)
  10. (chemistry) bridge (intermolecular valence bond)
  11. (music) bridge (section of music, usually one between a stanza and a chorus/refrain)
  12. (rail transport) (observation) platform (open space at the end of a passenger car)
  13. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) synonym of lattia (floor)
  14. (in some contexts) synonym of laituri (dock, pier)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta. Cognates include Finnish silta and Estonian sild.

Pronunciation

Noun

silta

  1. bridge
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
      Jokkiis ja järviis siltoja laatiit.
      In the rivers and the lakes they're building bridges.
  2. flooring (structure covering the floor)
    Sillan al ellää hiiri.A mouse lives under the floor.

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, lt-ll gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “силда”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 524
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 35
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Latvian

Adjective

silta

  1. inflection of silts:
    1. genitive masculine singular
    2. nominative feminine singular

Maltese

More information Root ...

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlta

Noun

silta f (plural siltiet, diminutive slejta)

  1. small slice
  2. extract, excerpt
  3. shapeliness

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Swedish sylt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

silta

  1. jam (food)

Inflection

More information Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation, Nominative ...

Further reading

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