juomilla

Juomilla is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun juoma, meaning drink or beverage. In Finnish grammar, the adessive case is used to indicate location (where something is) or, with certain verbs, the instrument or means by which an action is performed. Juomilla is formed by adding the adessive plural suffix -illa to juoma, yielding the sense of “on/at the beverages” or “with beverages” when used in appropriate contexts.

Grammatical function and meaning take their interpretation from context. When referring to several drinks, juomilla can mark the beverages as existing at a place or time, or, in some constructions, indicate the means by which an action is carried out. The precise nuance—location versus accompaniment or instrument—depends on surrounding words and the verb used.

Usage notes and contexts. Juomilla is most likely to appear in discussions of catering, events, menus, or descriptions of beverage offerings where multiple drinks are being described. It is a form that learners encounter when studying how Finnish encodes location and accompaniment with beverages, and it also appears in linguistic explanations of the adessive case.

Related forms include juoma (singular nominative), juomien (genitive plural), and other case forms of juoma. The word illustrates how Finnish employs case endings to convey spatial, temporal, or instrumental relationships without prepositions.

See also: Finnish grammar, Adessive case, Juoma, Finnish nouns and cases.