hampaalla

Hampaalla is a Finnish noun form meaning “on the tooth.” It is the adessive singular of hammas (tooth). The adessive case in Finnish typically marks location or contact, and hampaalla is used to indicate that something is located on the surface of a tooth or is in contact with a tooth. It also appears in dental or anatomical descriptions and in everyday speech.

Morphology: The base noun is hammas. In the adessive singular the form becomes hampaalla, while the plural adessive is hampailla. The genitive singular is hampaan and the genitive plural is hampaiden.

Usage: In practice, hampaalla describes a surface-level location. For example, Purukumi on hampaalla (the chewing gum is on the tooth). Another example: hampaalla oleva halkeama tarkoittaa, että hammas on haljennut pinnalta. This demonstrates its use in medical or dental contexts as well as general descriptions of location.

See also: hammas; Finnish grammar; Case endings (adessive).