Tõusuna

Tõusuna is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the noun tõus, meaning rise, increase, or ascent. In linguistic terms, tõusuna denotes the role or state of something being described “as a rise” or “as the increase.” The form is used mainly in formal or technical writing to frame changes, trends, or measurements as a rise rather than as the base phenomenon itself. It is typically encountered in analytic or regulatory contexts, such as economic reports or scientific descriptions.

Formation and usage notes: Tõusuna is created by attaching the translative suffix -na to the base word tõus. The translative function signals a change into a new state or role, so phrases with tõusuna convey that a parameter is being presented in terms of its increase. In practice, tõusuna appears in multiword expressions describing a rise in a quantity, price, or metric, for example in phrases like hindade tõusuna.

Examples:

- Aruandes esitati olukord hindade tõusuna. (In the report, the situation was presented as a rise in prices.)

- Prognoosi kohaselt kasv tõusuna näitab tulu suurenemist järgmisel aastal. (According to the forecast, the increase in revenue is shown as a rise.)

Tõusuna is thus a specialized nominal form used to express that a given change is being described as a rise or increase, rather than the thing itself. It is one of several translative constructions employed to articulate changes in Estonian technical and scholarly prose.