Taivutetulla

Taivutetulla is a Finnish adjective form meaning “with a bend” or “bent.” It is the adessive case form of taivutettu, the past participle of taivuttaa (to bend). The word describes something that has been bent or shaped by bending and is used to modify nouns in the adessive case, indicating a state or feature of the object.

Usage of taivutetulla is common in technical, industrial, and craft language. It is typically attached to nouns in the adessive case to specify the material or component that has undergone bending, for example taivutetulla metallilangalla meaning “with a bent metal wire” or taivutetulla putkella meaning “on a bent pipe.” It can also describe tools or parts that incorporate a bent element, such as taivutetulla kahvalla varustettu työkalu, “a tool equipped with a bent handle.”

Morphology and related forms: taivutetulla is one form of taivutettu, which exists in various cases (taivutetun, taivutetun, taivutetulla, taivutetulla, etc.) depending on number and grammatical role. In everyday Finnish, taivutetulla is more common in technical contexts; speakers may instead use taivutettu or more descriptive phrasing in casual language.

Etymology: taivuttaa means to bend; taivutettu is the past participle formed with -ttu/-ettu, and taivutetulla is the adessive form applied to the noun it describes.

See also: taivuttaa, taivutus, bent or curved as a design or construction characteristic.