Kupillisesta

Kupillisesta is a Finnish inflectional form associated with the noun kupillinen, meaning a cupful. In Finnish, kupillinen is formed from kuppi (cup) plus the suffix -llinen, giving the sense of “cupful” or “a quantity carried by a cup.” The word kupillisesta is the elative singular form, used to express origin or source: “from a cupful.” In practice, kupillisesta is rare outside linguistic description and is primarily of interest in discussions of Finnish morphology and case endings, often cited as an example of how the elative suffix -sta combines with -llinen words.

In usage, kupillisesta appears in grammars and linguistic examples rather than in everyday conversation. It may appear in historical or literary Finnish as part of quoted passages or when illustrating a grammatical point about case inflection or how qualifiers change with case. It is not a separate lexical item with a standalone meaning beyond “from a cupful.” The term is thus mainly a tool for analysis rather than a widely used term in speech or writing.

See also: kupillinen, elative case, Finnish grammar, inflection. References to general Finnish grammar handbooks and linguistic resources provide context for this form.