Ulokkeita

Ulokkeita is a Finnish noun form that refers to multiple protrusions or projections. It is the partitive plural of uloke, a word meaning a projecting part, outgrowth, or bump on a surface. The form ulokkeita is used when the quantity is indefinite or when describing several protrusions collectively rather than counting them individually.

In Finnish grammar, uloke has a general sense of a projection or jutting piece, and ulokkeita (partitive plural) is applied when talking about several such features in a non-specific way. For example, in a sentence describing a rock face or a wall with irregularities, one might say that there are useita ulokkeita, or “several protrusions.” The term is versatile and appears in everyday language as well as in technical or descriptive texts, including geology, architecture, and biology, whenever multiple projecting parts are being discussed.

Because ulokkeita denotes a quantity of protrusions rather than a single named object, its precise meaning depends on the noun it modifies and the context. It does not refer to a single standard feature but to any number of protruding elements that fit the general sense of a projection or outgrowth.

See also: uloke, protrusion, outcrop.