Nenäaukkoon

Nenäaukkoon is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun nenäaukko, which means the opening of the nose or nostril. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks movement into or toward a location, so nenäaukkoon can be translated as “into the nostril” or “to the nostril.” The word is formed from nenä (nose) and aukko (opening).

Usage in context is typically medical, anatomical, or procedural, where something is entered or placed into the nostril. For example: Putki asetettiin nenäaukkoon, meaning “The tube was placed into the nostril.”

Grammatical notes: The illative singular for nouns ending in -ko (such as nenäaukko) commonly takes the suffix -koon, yielding nenäaukkoon. The base form nenäaukko appears in the nominative, while nenäaukon is the genitive singular form.

Notes: Nenäaukko refers specifically to the external nostril opening, whereas nenäontelo denotes the nasal cavity. The illative nenäaukkoon is chiefly encountered in technical or clinical descriptions rather than informal everyday speech.