Siirtomuotoon

Siirtomuotoon is a term used in Finnish linguistics to describe the illative form of the noun siirtomuoto, literally meaning "into the transfer form." The element siirt- comes from siirtää, to transfer or move, and muoto means form. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks movement into a destination or into a state, and siirtomuotoon signals movement toward a transfer-related form within a description of a process.

The concept is primarily found in analytical writings on morphology and syntax rather than in everyday language. It is used when discussing how nouns can be inflected to denote destination or target state in theoretical examples, glosses, or computational linguistics datasets. In such contexts, siirtomuotoon helps illustrate how illative endings function with noun compounds that describe transformation or relocation.

Example usage in a descriptive or instructional context might be: Tiedot siirretään siirtomuotoon tässä vaiheessa prosessia. (The data are transferred into the transfer form at this stage of the procedure.) Another example could appear in a grammar or corpus annotation discussion, where siirtomuotoon is cited as an instance of illative inflection for a compound noun.

See also: Finnish illative, case system, noun inflection, morphology, transfer form.