Tupakoinnille

Tupakoinnille is the allative form of the Finnish noun tupakointi, meaning smoking. In Finnish, the allative case marked by the suffix -lle expresses direction toward something, a recipient, or a designated domain. When tupakointi is used with this ending, tupakoinnille typically signals an area, measure, or provision intended for the activity of smoking, or something assigned to smoking as its purpose or target.

In usage, tupakoinnille is common in formal or regulatory language and in descriptions of spatial arrangements. It helps specify that a space or rule applies specifically to the activity of smoking rather than to people who smoke. The construction is versatile and can appear in noun phrases such as tupakoinnille varattu alue (area reserved for smoking) or tupakoinnille tarkoitetut tilat (facilities intended for smoking). The form may also appear in legislative, architectural, or health-related texts when distinguishing smoking areas from non-smoking ones.

Notes on nuance: tupakoinnille emphasizes the domain or purpose associated with smoking, rather than the act of smoking itself in a generic sense. It contrasts with partitive or inessive forms that might indicate smoking as an activity conducted by people or occurring within a space, respectively. The term is primarily a grammatical tool in Finnish, and its use is most frequent in written or formal Finnish, such as regulations, floor plans, and policy documents.

See also: tupakointi, allatiivi and allative case in Finnish grammar, Finnish regulatory language.