alaviitteeksi

Alaviitteeksi is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun alaviite, meaning footnote. It is the translative form of alaviite and is used to express that something is to function as or be designated as a footnote. In Finnish, the translative case often signals a change into or assignment of a role, which in this instance is the role of a footnote.

Käyttö and meaning: Alaviitteeksi is commonly used in academic, editorial, and instructional writing to indicate that a particular text element, citation, or piece of information should appear as a footnote, or has been designated to be read as a footnote. It can appear in instructions such as “käytä tämä lainausta alaviitteeksi” (use this quotation as a footnote) or in statements like “lähde on merkitty alaviitteeksi” (the source is marked as a footnote). The form clarifies intention regarding how the information is to be presented within the page footer.

Form and related terms: The construction is formed by taking alaviite and adding the translative suffix -ksi. Related terms include alaviite (footnote) and alaviitteet (plural footnotes). The translative form is one of several Finnish cases used to denote function, designation, or transformation in language.

See also: alaviite, footnote, translative case, Finnish grammar.