Sijainneilta

Sijainneilta is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the elative plural of the noun sijainti, which means location or position. The form expresses origin or source from multiple places and is encountered mainly in linguistic descriptions, academic writing, and discussions of data provenance or geography.

In Finnish, sijainneilta arises when describing something that originates from several locations. As an elative plural, it marks movement or source away from more than one site rather than from a single place. Because Finnish has many inflectional endings, sijainneilta is distinguished from other case forms and from plural nouns in standard prose. The usage is therefore relatively specialized and most often analyzed in grammar references or linguistic studies rather than in everyday conversation.

Common contexts for sijainneilta include discussions of datasets, artifacts, or events tied to a set of locations. It is typically found in sentences that specify multiple sources, such as data collected from several cities or sites. For example, data were collected sijainneilta useista kaupungeista, meaning the data originate from multiple locations. In general prose, speakers may instead opt for less technical phrasing, while sijainneilta remains a useful analytical form in grammars and corpora.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, pluralization, location (sijainti).