indeksinä
Indeksinä is the essive form of the Finnish noun indeksi, meaning “as an index.” In Finnish grammar, the essive case, marked with the suffix -na/-nä, expresses a temporary state, role, or function. Thus indeksinä denotes that something is being used or regarded in the role of an index rather than permanently becoming one.
Formation and use: The base indeksi takes the essive suffix to form indeksinä. This form is used
- Tätä listaa käytetään indeksinä tiedonhaussa. (This list is used as an index in information retrieval.)
- Hän toimi indeksinä tutkimuksessa. (He acted as an index in the study.)
- Taulukon avaimet voivat olla indeksinä monimutkaisessa hakulausekkeessa. (The table’s keys can serve as an index in
Usage notes: Indeksinä is common in technical or analytical writing where a component is explicitly described
Etymology: Indeksi derives from Latin index, a term widely used in mathematics, statistics, and information retrieval,