Laatoista

Laatoista is a Finnish inflected form of the noun laatta, which means tile. Specifically, laatoista is the elative plural form, used to indicate origin or source in contexts involving multiple tiles. In Finnish grammar, the elative case answers questions such as "from where?" and in the plural these forms appear with nouns like laatta to mean “from the tiles” or “out of the tiles.”

Usage of laatoista occurs when describing something that comes from or is derived from tiles, or when discussing actions involving tiles as a group. Because it is a case form rather than a standalone lexical item, its exact meaning depends on the surrounding verb and noun phrases.

Examples of usage include: Laatoista otettiin näytteet tutkimusta varten, which translates as “Samples were taken from the tiles for study.” In archaeological or construction contexts, laatoista can appear in sentences about material origin or the source of tile-related data.

Understanding laatoista helps in reading or composing Finnish texts that discuss tiles as a plural set, whether referring to material sources, components of a project, or evidence in research. The form is one piece of the broader Finnish noun-inflection system, illustrating how case endings convey relationships such as origin, possession, or composition.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish nouns, case endings, elative case.