Merkinnöiksi

Merkinnöiksi is a Finnish grammatical form of the noun merkintä, meaning an annotation, notation, or entry. In Finnish grammar, merkinnöiksi is the translative form used to express transformation into a state or role, roughly translating to “as annotations” or “to become annotations.” The form is common in technical, archival, and data-processing contexts where items are described as taking the function of notations or entries.

Etymology and formation: The word is built from merkintä with the translative suffix -ksi, and when referring to multiple items in this role, the form appears as merkinnöiksi. The translative case is used to indicate what something becomes or is considered to be in a given context, rather than a mere attribute.

Usage: Merkinnöiksi is used when objects, data, or concepts are described as being converted into or used in the capacity of annotations or notations. It often appears in manuals, data schemas, metadata instructions, and procedures that specify a transformation or labeling of information. For example, sentences may read that data are converted merkinnöiksi for documentation purposes, or that records are stored merkinnöiksi to facilitate indexing and search.

Notes: As a translative form, merkinnöiksi is technically a neutral grammatical tool rather than a semantic claim about the objects themselves. Its suitability depends on the surrounding construction and the intended meaning of turning items into notations or entries within a given system.

See also: merkintä, translatiivi (Finnish grammar).