kaukoputkilla

Kaukoputkilla is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun kaukoputki, which means telescope. In usage, kaukoputkilla expresses the instrument or means by which an action is performed, typically referring to more than one telescope. The form is common in scientific and observational Finnish, especially in astronomy and fieldwork contexts.

Morphology and usage. The base kaukoputki becomes kaukoputkilla when the plural adessive suffix -illa/-illä is added. The singular forms would be kaukoputkella (with or on the telescope) and the plural form kaukoputkilla (with or on the telescopes). This construction denotes instrumentality: something is done using telescopes. For example, "Tarkkailimme tähtiä kaukoputkilla" means "We observed the stars with telescopes." Another example: "Tutkimus tehtiin kaukoputkilla käytetyillä laitteilla" conveys the idea of using instruments that involve telescopes.

Context. In Finnish, -lla/-llä marks location on a surface or, more often in observational language, the instrument used to perform an action. Kaukoputkilla is therefore primarily found in descriptive or technical sentences describing how observations were made or what instruments were employed. It is not a standalone concept, but a grammatical form of kaukoputki.

See also. kaukoputki, tähystys, optiikka.