Prepositiolla

Prepositiolla is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun prepositio, which means "preposition." In linguistic discussions and grammar descriptions, prepositiolla is used to refer to the function or role of a preposition as a means of expressing a relation between elements, rather than to a specific word itself. The form signals the sense of "with a preposition" or "by means of a preposition" in a given analyzed example.

In Finnish grammar, the noun prepositio denotes a class of words that establish relationships such as location, direction, or relation between a noun and another element. The suffix -lla (-llä after vowel harmony) in prepositiolla marks the adessive case, commonly associated with meanings like "on," "at," or "with" depending on the syntactic context. When used with the singular, prepositiolla stands for the instrumental or means by which something is expressed in a sentence, i.e., the presence or use of a preposition to convey a relation.

The term is predominantly used by linguists and in education to describe how languages encode relationships through prepositions. It is less common in everyday language use, where speakers refer to specific prepositions or to syntactic constructions rather than to the abstract category of prepositio with its adessive form. Related concepts include the word class prepositio, various case forms, and discussions of how different languages express relational meaning through function words.

See also: prepositio, sijamuodot, kielioppi, grammatika.