Siloissaan

Siloissaan is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “in his/her/its silo.” It is formed by combining the noun silo with the inessive case suffix to indicate location, and then adding the third‑person possessive suffix to show ownership. The result is a single word that encodes both where something is and whose it is.

Morphology and formation: The base noun is silo. The inessive suffix marks “inside” or “in,” and the third-person possessive suffix -n attaches to that form to indicate ownership by he, she, or it. The combination yields siloissaan, which translates literally to “in his/her/its silo.”

Usage: Siloissaan is used when describing an object or substance located inside someone’s silo. For example, a sentence like “Hänen siloissaan on viljaa” translates to “There is grain in his silo.” The form is common in descriptive Finnish when concise locational and possessive information is required in a single word.

Variants and related forms: The inessive paradigm can produce other forms without the possessive suffix, or with other possessive endings for different persons. Related forms include first- or second-person equivalents such as siloissani (in my silo) and siloissasi (in your silo). These forms illustrate how Finnish combines location and possession through suffixes.

See also: Inessive case, possessive suffix in Finnish, Finnish grammar.