kalusteesta

Kalusteesta is a Finnish grammatical form of the noun kaluste, meaning furniture or fittings. It represents the elative case, formed with the suffix -sta/-stä, and is used to express origin, source, or movement away from something. In practice, kalusteesta translates roughly to "from the furniture" or "out of the furniture" in English.

The use is typical when indicating where an object originates or where an action occurs relative to a furniture item: for example, Kalusteesta löytyi vanha avain ("An old key was found from the furniture"). The elative case is among several Finnish cases that mark spatial or relational meanings; other forms related to kaluste include kaluste (nominative), kalusteen (genitive), and kalusteet (plural).

The function of kalusteesta is grammatical rather than semantic on its own: it helps specify location, source, or extraction in descriptive sentences. In everyday speech, speakers often avoid overly specific case forms in favor of more general expressions, using phrases like "kalusteen sisällä" (inside the furniture) or "kalusteen alta" (under the furniture) instead of longer constructions with -sta.

See also kaluste for the base noun.