Taulukkoon

Taulukkoon is the illative form of the Finnish noun taulukko, meaning a table, chart, or spreadsheet. The illative case marks direction toward something, here indicating movement into or toward a table. In everyday Finnish, taulukko can refer to a physical table or to a data table used in documents and software, such as a spreadsheet or a list presented in rows and columns.

The form taulukkoon is used whenever the action involves placing or transferring information into a table. Examples include inserting data into a table or directing someone to look at or work with the table. Phrases such as “Lisää tiedot taulukkoon” (Add the data to the table) and “Tietoja siirrettiin taulukkoon” (The data were transferred into the table) illustrate its common usage. It is distinct from taulukossa (in the table), taulukolla (on the table), and taulukosta (from the table), which belong to related cases and meanings.

Etymology and grammar: taulukko originates from the concept of a table or board, and the illative suffix -koon attaches to form taulukkoon to express direction into the table. The form is frequent in technical writing, data reporting, and discussions of spreadsheets or tabular data in Finnish.

See also: taulukko, Finnish illative case, Finnish noun inflection, taulukosta, taulukossa.