Nautoihin

Nautoihin is a form in the Finnish language. It is the illative plural of the noun nauta, meaning "to the cows" or "into the cows." It expresses movement toward multiple cows as a destination.

Morphology and meaning: In Finnish, nauta means cow; the illative plural is formed by adding the suffix -ihin to the stem, resulting in nautoihin. This illustrates the agglutinative nature of Finnish morphology and the use of consonant and vowel harmony in case endings. The illative case is used to indicate direction toward a destination or target.

Usage and frequency: The form is relatively uncommon in everyday conversation and appears mainly in linguistic descriptions, grammar references, or agricultural texts that explicitly discuss cattle and movement toward them. In ordinary Finnish, speakers typically avoid such precise illative plural forms when speaking about animals unless describing a specific directional action in a technical context.

See also: Finnish language; Illative case; Noun inflection; Nauta (cow).