Pienikokoiseksi

Pienikokoiseksi is a translative form of the Finnish adjective pienikokoinen, meaning small-sized or compact. It is used to express a change of state toward a smaller size, typically in contexts such as design, manufacturing, and product descriptions.

Morphology and use: The translative case in Finnish denotes becoming or turning into something. Pienikokoiseksi is formed by attaching the translative ending -ksi to the stem of pienikokoinen, yielding a form that is common in technical and functional language. It often follows verbs of making or becoming, such as suunnitella, muuttaa, tehdä tai tulla.

Common usage patterns and examples:

- Tämän laitteen suunnittelussa tavoitteena on tehdä se pienikokoiseksi. (In designing this device, the goal is to make it small-sized.)

- Valmistaja kuvaa uuden mallin pienikokoiseksi. (The manufacturer describes the new model as small-sized.)

- Laitteen kokoa voidaan pienikokoiseksi muuttaa teknisten ratkaisutavan kautta. (The device size can be changed to be small-sized through technical solutions.)

Semantics and register: Pienikokoiseksi is primarily found in technical, manufacturing, marketing, and design-language. It denotes an intentional reduction in size or a design outcome rather than a casual everyday attribute. In general speech, speakers might refer to “pienikokoinen” as a descriptive property rather than a result-state with -ksi.

Etymology and related forms: The term derives from pienikokoinen, itself a compound of pien-, root for small, and -kokoinen, meaning sized. Related forms include the base adjective pienikokoinen (small-sized) and other translative forms such as isoksi (into large), used in similar change-of-state constructions.