Takapuolella

Takapuolella is a Finnish locative form derived from takapuoli (buttocks, rear) and the inessive suffix -lla, meaning “on the back side” or “at the rear.” It is used to indicate that something is located on the posterior surface or behind another referent. The construction can describe positions on a body as well as positions on objects or spaces.

In usage, takapuolella emphasizes the backside or rear portion rather than the front or side. It can refer to physical locations, such as the rear part of an object, or to the posterior area of a person’s body. The phrase tends to carry a concrete, surface-oriented sense and can appear in descriptive, anatomical, or spatial contexts. It is distinct from takana, which more generally means “behind” in a directional sense, and from takaosassa or takasuunta, which refer to broader or more abstract rear areas.

Morphologically, takapuolella forms as takapuoli + -lla in the inessive case, signaling a static location “on the back side of” something. When used with a possessed referent, it typically appears in phrases indicating where a feature or part is located relative to that referent, such as “tämän takapuolella” (on the back side of this).

Etymology and related terms: takapuoli is the base noun for the rear or buttocks, and the word is related to other Finnish terms for backside or rear area, such as takana (behind) and takapinta (rear surface). See also takana, takakansi, and takapinta for related directional or positional usage.