Talk:tervetuloa

Pronunciation
Is there any explanation why this word isn't written with it's second  geminated when it's pronounced long? Perhaps, sandhi from "terve(t) tulo", and as these words merged, they retained the pronounciation but not the writing? Wisapi 00:52, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Many Finnish words ending in -e will either be followed by a glottal stop or the beginning consonant of the next word pronounced long. This is called jäännöslopuke: ("border gemination"). Since tervetuloa is a compound of terve and tuloa, the t of the second word is geminated in pronunciation. Mysid 06:06, 29 June 2010 (UTC)