Finnishsana

Finnishsana is a neologism used in linguistic discussions to refer to a Finnish word as a unit of meaning within the inflectional system of Finnish. The term blends English "Finnish" with Finnish "sana" meaning "word."

In such discussions, a Finnishsana is shown as the base stem along with its attached grammatical suffixes, demonstrating how Finnish relies on agglutination to encode case, number, possession, and other grammatical categories. For instance, talo means "house," talossa means "in the house," and talosi means "your house." These examples illustrate how word formation in Finnish often involves the addition of suffixes to a base, creating a single word that carries multiple grammatical meanings.

The term is not standard in linguistic reference works; it is primarily used in teaching contexts or informal speculative writing to illustrate how Finnish words can expand through suffixation. As such, Finnishsana is a descriptive shorthand rather than an official category in Finnish grammar or lexicography.

See also Finnish language, agglutinative languages, morphology, linguistic morphology. References to Finnishsana are typically found in classroom notes, glossaries of linguistic terminology, or fictional and pedagogical writings where authors explore word formation in Finnish without claiming formal consensus.