Tulimerkinen

Tulimerkinen is a Finnish adjective meaning burn-marked or charred, used to describe objects or surfaces that show evidence of burning. The term is formed from tuli ('fire') and merkki ('mark') with the adjectival suffix -nen. In dictionaries the core meaning is "having burn marks," and it is most often encountered in specialized or historical texts rather than in everyday speech.

Usage and contexts: In archaeology, museology and historical documentation, tulimerkinen describes artifacts that bear burns—such as charred wood fragments, burnt ceramic surfaces or metal items with heat-induced markings. The word can also appear in discussions of branding practices or descriptions of ancient or traditional methods that used fire to mark objects. The related noun tulimerkintä refers to the mark itself.

Notes: The exact sense can vary by context; some texts reserve the term for visible surface alteration caused by heat, while others use it more broadly for any scor­ing or singeing by flame. Because it is relatively specialized, the term is mostly found in academic writing or descriptive catalogs.

See also: tulimerkintä, merkki, tuli, palaminen.