indikoivat

Indikoivat is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb indikoida, meaning “they indicate.” The verb indikoida is used to describe signaling, pointing out, or suggesting something through signs, evidence, or statements. In everyday Finnish the verb is more common in technical or formal contexts, while simpler synonyms like osoittaa or viestiä may be used in common speech.

Usage and context often involve signs, indicators, or data that point to a conclusion or condition. For example, sentences like Nämä merkit indikoivat suunnan (These signs indicate the direction) or Taulukon arvot indikoivat tilan parantumista illustrate how indikoida is used to convey that something serves as an indicator. The form indikoivat specifically refers to multiple subjects performing the indicating action in the present tense.

Grammar and related forms: Indikoivat is part of a standard Finnish present-tense conjugation for -ida verbs. The infinitive is indikoida, and the present participle can be indikoiva, used as an adjective meaning “indicating.” The term is often encountered alongside other words in the same semantic field, such as indikaattori (indicator) or indikaatio (indication). In Finnish grammar, the related mood used for statements is the indikatiivinen moodi (indicative mood), of which indikoida’s present tense forms are an example.

Etymology and usage notes: Indikoida is a loanword from Scandinavian languages, often traced to Swedish indikera or Latin indicare, and it is used in technical writing, mathematics, linguistics, and data reporting to describe signs that point to a result. See also indikaattori, indikaatio, and indikatiivinen.