tuli

In a sentence

• Tuli valgustab tuba.

  The fire lights up the room.

  Here, 'tuli' means 'fire' in Estonian, often used literally to refer to flames or the physical phenomenon of burning.

• Ta tuli eile koju.

  He came home yesterday.

  In this sentence, 'tuli' is the past tense form of the verb 'tulema', meaning 'to come', indicating an action of arrival that happened in the past.

• Ma nägin, et ta silmades oli tuli.

  I saw that there was a glow in their eyes.

  Here, 'tuli' is used metaphorically, usually translated as 'glow' or 'emotion', referring to an inner spark or vivid emotion often expressed through the eyes.