havainnoilla

Havainnoilla is a Finnish grammatical form used to express means, instrument, or basis in a sentence. It translates roughly to “with observations” or “on/at the observations” in English, depending on the context. The word is a plural adessive form of havainnot, the plural of havainto (observation), and is commonly found in scientific and academic writing as well as in field reports when observations are the data source or method.

In usage, havainnoilla typically denotes that observations are being used to support a statement or to describe how information was obtained. It can mark the method by which something was learned or assessed, or indicate that conclusions are based on observed data rather than theory alone. In Finnish, the adessive can convey both location and instrument, so havainnoilla often appears in phrases about data collected through observation or about conclusions drawn from such data.

Havainnoilla may appear in sentences like:

- Tutkimus perustuu havainnoilla kerättyihin tietoihin. (The study is based on data collected from observations.)

- Havainnoilla saadut tulokset tukevat aiempia oletuksia. (The results obtained from observations support the earlier hypotheses.)

- Havainnoilla tehtyjen mittausten perusteella voidaan todeta vaihtelua. (Based on measurements conducted through observations, one can note variation.)

Related forms and concepts include havainnot (observations), havainto (an observation), and havainnoiminen (observing, the activity of making observations). Havainnoilla is primarily a grammatical means to reference observational data within Finnish prose and reporting, rather than a standalone semantic category.