Maastotyyppiin

Maastotyyppiin is the illative case form of the Finnish noun maastotyyppi, which translates roughly to terrain type or landform category. The term is used in geography, land-use planning, forestry, and GIS to refer to a specific category of terrain toward which something is directed or related. In Finnish, the illative case expresses movement into or toward a location or category, so maastotyyppiin literally means into the terrain type or toward the terrain type.

Maastotyyppi itself is a compound of maasto (terrain) and tyyppi (type). When inflected to the illative, the form maastotyyppiin is used. This reflects typical Finnish noun inflection, where the illative suffix -iin is attached to the base maastotyyppi, producing a word that indicates direction toward the terrain type in question. The spelling preserves the underlying compound while applying the case ending.

Usage and examples: In practice, maastotyyppiin appears in contexts where researchers or planners discuss analysis, categorization, or movement related to a particular terrain type. For example, a report might state that a study focuses on planning guidelines for maastotyyppiin kuuluvat alueet (areas belonging to a given terrain type), or that data were collected specifically maastotyyppiin liittyen (in relation to that terrain type). The form is a standard grammatical tool in Finnish for framing discourse about categories of landscape.

See also: maastotyyppi, Finnish illative case, Finnish morphology, land-use classification.