arvailuihin
Arvailuihin is a Finnish linguistic term describing the illative plural form of the noun arvailu, which means estimation, guesswork, or conjecture. The form arvailuihin is used when referring to multiple estimates or to the act of moving toward or focusing on estimates within a clause. It follows Finnish inflection patterns for illative plural, attaching a plural illative ending to arvailu. In practice, arvailuihin appears mainly in linguistic analyses, statistical discussions, and written texts that describe uncertainty in numbers; it is uncommon in ordinary speech.
Semantics and usage: Arvailuihin signals that the figures or conclusions are approximate rather than exact. It
Related terms include arvailu (the act of guessing), arvio (an estimate or assessment), and epävarmuus (uncertainty).