kalvoksi

Kalvoksi is a Finnish linguistic form derived from kalvo, meaning membrane or film. In Finnish grammar, kalvoksi is the translative case form of kalvo, used to indicate a change into or a role as a membrane. As a translative form it is not a standalone dictionary entry but a grammatical inflection that occurs in sentences describing physical transformations or functional identities.

In practice, kalvoksi appears primarily in technical or academic Finnish where membranes or membranous states are discussed, such as biology, chemistry, or materials science. For example, it may appear in phrases meaning that a substance becomes a membrane, or that something functions as a membrane.

Because kalvoksi is a case form rather than a distinct lexical item, it does not have a separate definition beyond the concept of "into a membrane" or "as a membrane." The base noun kalvo refers to a thin layer or film, and kalvoksi extends its meaning through the translative to describe state change or role.

In usage, writers will typically keep kalvoksi within longer syntactic structures, rather than as a stand-alone concept. It is part of standard Finnish morphology and appears alongside other translative forms such as muoviksi (into plastic), nesteeksi (into a liquid).

See also Kalvo, Translative case, Finnish grammar.