Tiukkaa

Tiukkaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective tiukka, meaning tight, strict, or stringent. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number; tiukkaa is used when the modified noun is in the partitive case, often to convey degree, extent, or non-specific quantity rather than a definite attribute.

Common contexts for tiukkaa include policy, budgeting, and regulation. Typical collocations include tiukkaa kuria (strict discipline), tiukkaa budjettia (a tight budget), and tiukkaa sääntelyä (tight regulation). In these phrases, tiukkaa conveys the sense of intensity or severity rather than a physical tightness. The form can appear in descriptive sentences and in journalistic prose, especially when describing constraints or tightening measures.

Origin and morphology: tiukkaa is formed from tiukka plus the partitive ending -a. The base adjective tiukka derives from Finnish and expresses the notion of tightness or stringency in various contexts, including physical fit, rules, and conditions.

See also: tiukka, tiukkuus, Finnish grammar, partitive case.