tulla

Pronunciation: /ˈtulːɑˣ/

“tulla” is a Finnish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to come (move nearer)
to become, get, go, turn (noun, adjective, participle, etc.)
to become, get, go, turn [with translative] (usually an adjective or a participle, only rarely a noun)
to become, turn out (noun, adjective, participle, etc.; in some cases may specifically express that something was that way from the beginning)
to come into, get [with illative] (enter a state of being)
to have to, be to, should, be supposed to
A verb used to construct the emphatic future tense; the present tense is usually used instead as a future tense.
Used to express the passive voice for arbitrary verbs
Used to express the passive voice, particularly if the action is less definite, or in direct questions; mostly synonymous with the previous use with the translative, however
to happen to do, manage to do (more or less unintentionally), to succeed in doing (more or less unintentionally)
to cum, orgasm

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuldak (compare Estonian tulema), from Proto-Uralic *tule- (compare Eastern Mari толаш (tolaš), Tundra Nenets тось (tosʹ°)). * (emphatic future tense marker, auxiliary): Likely Swedish influence, after Swedish komma (att) and bli. * (to cum, orgasm): Probably a semantic loan from English come.

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