Kehikoja

Kehikoja is a Finnish noun form that is sometimes encountered as a plural form of kehikko, which means a frame, skeleton, or structural framework. In standard Finnish, kehikko is a noun with plural nominative kehikot and partitive plural kehikkoja. The form kehikoja is not part of the standard grammar and is generally regarded as a colloquial variant or a common misspelling, especially in informal writing or dialectal speech. When used, its meaning aligns with “frames” or “frames of a structure.”

Usage and context

Kehikko refers to a physical frame or supporting structure and is used across fields such as carpentry, construction, and theatre set design. In formal or carefully edited texts, kehikkoja (partitive plural) or kehikot (nominative plural) are preferred. For example, a formal sentence would be Tehtaassa käytetään useita kehikkoja or Kehikot ovat valmiita; a nonstandard variant might appear as Tehtaassa käytetään useita kehikoja. The latter would be understood, but kehikkoja is the recommended form in writing.

Relation to language

Kehikko is formed with the common Finnish nominal suffix -ikko, denoting a frame-like object. Standard inflection yields kehikot (plural nominative) and kehikkoja (partitive plural). The appearance of kehikoja highlights typical variations in written Finnish, where nonstandard spellings reflect pronunciation or dialetical influence rather than established grammar.

See also

Kehikko, Finnish noun inflection, Finnish grammar.