Varikoille

Varikoille is a Finnish directional form meaning “to the depots.” The base word varikko refers to a depot, storage facility, arsenal, or workshop, used especially in military or logistics contexts, but it can also describe civilian warehouses or training grounds. Varikoille is the allative form of varikko in plural usage, indicating movement toward multiple depots or destinations at once. In Finnish, the -lle suffix marks movement toward a place, and the plural form varikoille corresponds to “to the depots.”

Use of varikoille appears in contexts involving logistics, supply chains, or planning where multiple depots are the intended destinations. It answers the question “Where to?” with a plural destination. For example: Hän lähti varikoille hakemaan tarvikkeita, meaning “He went to the depots to fetch supplies.” Because varikoille denotes a plural destination, the sentence typically refers to more than one depot or a depots network rather than a single location.

Related terms include varikko (singular depot), varasto (warehouse or storage), and varustelu (equipment and supplies). While varikko focuses on the concept of a depot or storage site, varasto emphasizes the storage facility itself, and varustelu concerns the items kept or supplied there.

In summary, varikoille is a grammatical form used to express movement toward depots in Finnish, most often in contexts involving military logistics or large-scale storage networks.