Vokalisoituja

Vokalisoituja is a Finnish grammatical form used as the partitive plural of the past participle vokalisoitu, which comes from the verb vokalisoida meaning to vocalize or to add vowels in a linguistic sense. The form describes nouns that have undergone vocalization and is common in linguistic and phonological discussions. As with other Finnish adjectives and participles, vokalisoituja modifies a noun that stands in the partitive case or is indefinite in quantity, for example vokalisoituja sanoja (“vocalized words”).

Morphology and usage: Vokalisoituja is the partitive plural form of vokalisoitu. The base vokalisoitu is a past participle of vokalisoida. When used attributively before a plural noun in partitive, the suffix -ja is added, yielding vokalisoituja. In the nominative plural, the corresponding form would be vokalisoidut; in the genitive plural, vokalisoitujen. This contrast shows how Finnish uses different suffixes to mark case and number on adjectives and participles.

Context and examples: The form appears mainly in linguistic or phonological contexts rather than everyday speech. Examples include: “Tutkimuksessa käsiteltiin vokalisoituja äänteitä eri kielissä.” and “Näytteisiin sisältyi vokalisoituja sanoja, joita analysoitiin fonologisesti.” These usages illustrate how vokalisoituja refers to elements that have undergone vocalization within a given set or study.