silta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiltɑ/,
• Rhymes: -iltɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sil‧ta

silta

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

   katettu silta ― covered 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 buse)
10. (chemistry) bridge (intermolecular valence bond)
11. (music) bridge (section of music, usually one between a stanza and a chorus/refrain)
12. (dialectal, Eastern Finnish) Synonym of lattia (“floor”)
13. (in some contexts) Synonym of laituri (“dock, pier”)

• sillata
• siltaus

• “silta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• altis, lasit, lasti, lista, litsa, salit, silat, talsi, tilsa

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsiltɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsiltɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ilt, -iltɑ
• Hyphenation: sil‧ta

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.

• 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

silta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪl.ta/

silta f (plural siltiet, diminutive slejta)

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

From Swedish sylt.

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silta

1. jam (food)

• 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