Jaotellulla

Jaotellulla is a Finnish grammatical form, not a standalone concept. It is the adessive singular form of the past passive participle jaoteltu, which comes from the verb jaotella meaning to distribute or allocate. In practice, jaotellulla is used to describe something that has been distributed and to modify other words in phrases such as jaotellulla tavalla or jaotellulla menetelmällä. The form functions as an adjective-like modifier and is most common in formal or technical Finnish.

Usage and meaning

The primary function of jaotellulla is to indicate that distribution or division has occurred, with the sense of “in a distributed/allocated manner.” It is typically found in contexts dealing with data, resources, tasks or geographic distribution, where the manner of distribution is a salient property of the subject. The construction often appears with the noun tavalla (way/manner) or menetelmällä (method), yielding phrases like jaotellulla tavalla and jaotellulla menetelmällä. While it has a clear grammatical role, jaotellulla is not a separate lexical entry in everyday Finnish outside these phrases; it is a morphological form used to express a specific attribute.

Examples

- Tietoja käsitellään jaotellulla tavalla. (The data are processed in a distributed manner.)

- Järjestelmä toimii jaotellulla tavalla, jossa eri komponentit hoitavat tehtävät itsenäisesti.

Relation to related terms

Jaotella and jaottelu are the base verb and the noun related to distribution or division. Jaoteltu (distributed) is the past passive participle, from which jaotellulla is derived in the adessive form. The expression jaotellulla tyyliä tai jaotellulla tavalla is part of standard Finnish when specifying distribution-based characteristics.