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Etymology 1
Semantic differentiation from syli (“lap”) through the reanalysis of the singular partitive form syltä as the new singular nominative.
Noun
syltä
- (obsolete or dialectal) Synonym of syli (traditional measure of length equal to three cubits).
1870, Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä:Viisi syltää oli sen pituus ja kolme sen leveys; itään päin antoi sen toinen, länteen toinen pää.- Five fathoms was it long and three wide, one of its ends pointing east, the other west.
- (obsolete, nautical) Synonym of syli (fathom)
1823, Turun Viikko-Sanomat N:o 39/1823:Monen penikuorman matkat ovat täynnä niin suuria jäävuoria että net kahden ja kolmen sadan syllän syvyydellä ennättävät meren pohjaan.- The travels spanning many miles are full of icebergs so large that they, two or three hundred fathoms deep, reach the bottom of the sea.
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
syltä
- partitive singular of syli
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