This is the 676th most frequent Finnish word.
siltä
"From it," "from that," or "seemingly" (depending on context).
Here, "siltä" refers to a specific shelter, using the word with the ablative suffix "-ltä" to mean 'from that'.
Ei sada enää, joten voimme siirtyä siltä suojalta ulos.
It is no longer raining, so we can move outside from that shelter.
In this scenario, "siltä" uses the ablative form to indicate origin, signaling 'from that' person in a definite sense.
Hän pyysi apua siltä mieheltä kadulla.
She asked for help from that man on the street.
The word 'siltä' is used as a partitive form of 'se' (it, that) to form an expression indicating appearance or impression ('näyttää siltä').