ankkuriin

Ankkuriin is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun ankkuri, meaning anchor. In Finnish, the illative case marks direction toward or into a place or object, and it is formed by adding the suffix -iin to the stem of the word. For the noun ankku-ru the resulting illative form is ankkuriin. This form is used in sentences to express movement toward the anchor or movement into a state associated with the anchor, particularly in nautical or descriptive contexts.

In practice, ankkuriin appears where a verb of motion or placement requires a complement indicating destination. The illative conveys that the action is directed toward the anchor, rather than describing the anchor itself in a static position. As part of Finnish grammar, ankkuriin illustrates how nouns of concrete objects can take illative forms to express spatial relations and dynamic meaning within a clause.

Etymology and morphology: ankkuri is the Finnish word for anchor, and the illative suffix -iin is a productive ending in Finnish for certain noun stems. The combination yields ankkuriin, the form used to indicate “to/into the anchor.” Related forms would use other cases to express different grammatical relations, but ankkuriin specifically marks directional movement toward the anchor.