Suvullisilla

Suvullisilla is a Finnish linguistic term used mainly in academic contexts to describe relations or situations that arise from kinship. It is the adessive plural form of the adjective suvullinen, which denotes kin-related or of kin. The root suku means family or lineage, and the suffix -llinen forms an adjective meaning “characterized by” or “related to.” The form suvullisilla occurs when the modified noun is plural and in the adessive case, roughly translating to “among relatives” or “with kin” in English.

In usage, suvullinen and its inflected forms are not common in everyday conversation. Suvullisilla appears mainly in linguistic, anthropological, or genealogical writings to indicate social contexts or practices shaped by family ties, such as kin-based decision making, inheritance networks, or marriages within extended kin groups. The term helps specify that a phenomenon is contingent on kinship structures rather than being universal or purely individual.

Etymology: suku (family, lineage) + the adjectival ending -llinen, with standard Finnish inflection producing suvullinen (singular), suvulliset (nominative plural), and suvullisilla (plural adessive).

See also: suku, sukulaisuus, perintöoikeus, kinship.