Suullisesta

Suullisesta is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective suullinen, meaning "oral" or "spoken." In Finnish grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and suullinen has an elative form suullisesta. This form is used to indicate origin, source, or relation to speech, typically within noun phrases such as suullisesta perinteestä ("from the oral tradition"), suullisesta esityksestä ("from the oral presentation"), or suullisesta aineistosta ("from the oral data").

The term is mainly used in academic and analytical contexts, including linguistics, ethnography, and education, to describe information, phenomena, or sources that derive from spoken language rather than written text. It often appears in discussions of data collection, transmission, or representation that rely on spoken rather than written forms. For example, a study might analyze narratives collected from suullisesta perinteestä kerättyihin kertomuksiin, meaning stories gathered from the oral tradition.

Usage notes: suullisesta is a normal inflected form of suullinen and does not represent a separate lexical concept. The related adverbial meaning "orally" is expressed with suullisesti, while the opposite dimension—written—is conveyed with kirjallinen. Together, suullinen and its inflected forms distinguish spoken-language sources and features from written ones in Finnish usage.