Kartoitettuun

Kartoitettuun is a Finnish illative form of the past participle kartoitettu, meaning “surveyed” or “mapped.” It functions as an adjective in the illative case and is used to describe a noun that is in illative, indicating movement toward or direction to something that has been surveyed or mapped. The form is created from the participle kartoitettu and the illative suffix -uun, and it normally appears with a following noun such as kohde, aineisto, or alue.

Usage and examples

Kartoitettuun kohteeseen kerättiin lisätietoja, meaning information was collected for the surveyed target. Kartoitettuun aineistoon viitataan raportissa, meaning the report refers to the surveyed dataset. These constructions show how the illative form links the concept of surveying with the thing toward which action is directed.

Context and nuance

In Finnish technical and professional writing, kartoitettuun is used when specifying that work, data collection, or assessment has been carried out for a particular object and that subsequent actions or references pertain to that object in its illative form. It is not a standalone noun but a descriptive form that must accompany a noun in illative.

See also

kartoitus, kartoitettu, illative case, Finnish grammar.