asuttua

Asuttua is a Finnish grammatical form used in written and formal language. It is the partitive singular of the adjective asuttu, which is the past passive participle of the verb asuttaa, meaning to settle or populate. In Finnish, participles can function as adjectives describing nouns, and the partitive case is used with certain indefinite or mass contexts. Thus asuttua typically appears to describe something that is “inhabited” or “settled” in a non-count or indefinite sense.

Usage and_examples:

Common contexts involve geography, history, or demography, where the focus is on the quality of being inhabited rather than a definite object. For instance, asuttua maata would translate to “inhabited land,” and asuttua aluetta to “an inhabited area.” The form signals a non-specific quantity or extent of inhabitation rather than a definite, countable item.

Relation to other forms:

asuttua is related to other Finnish forms derived from asuttaa. The adjective-form asuttu can take other case inflections (e.g., asutettu with nouns in nominative or genitive). The noun related to its meaning is asutus, meaning settlement or habitation, while the past passive participle form asutettu is used in various contexts to indicate something that has been settled.

Notes:

Asuttua is not a standalone concept but a morphologically specific form used to describe inhabited characteristics in the partitive. It may appear in academic, historical, or descriptive Finnish texts and is part of standard Finnish grammar rather than a proper noun or distinct term.