Tuoksuun

Tuoksuun is the illative case form of the Finnish noun tuoksu, meaning fragrance or aroma. In Finnish grammar, the illative marks movement toward, into, or onto something. Therefore tuoksuun roughly translates as “into the fragrance” or “to the scent,” and is used when referring to approaching the source of a scent or entering a scented space.

Formation and morphology: The illative suffix -uun is attached to the stem tuoksu, yielding tuoksuun. This follows the general pattern for illative forms of nouns ending in a vowel. Finnish illative forms vary with stem type and vowel harmony, but tuoksuun is the standard form for this noun.

Usage and context: Tuoksuun is typically employed in descriptive or narrative contexts to indicate moving toward or entering the realm of a scent, such as describing an environment or the perceptual effect of a fragrance as one approaches its source. It is a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical entry, used to convey directionality related to smell.

Relationship to related terms: The base word tuoksu denotes fragrance, aroma, or odor in general. The illative form tuoksuun complements other case forms used to express location, direction, and movement in Finnish sentence structure.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, tuoksu.