kehikkoina

Kehikkoina is a Finnish noun form meaning “as frames” or “as a frame” in the plural sense. It is the plural essive form of kehikko, which denotes a frame, framework, skeleton, or chassis. In technical and design contexts, kehikkoina describes the set of frame elements that provides the structural skeleton of a larger object, such as a building, machine, or piece of furniture. The term is used to emphasize function and arrangement of the supporting members rather than any finished surface or enclosure. Frames described as kehikkoina may be constructed from steel, wood, aluminum, or composite materials, and they can be part of primary load-bearing structures or modular subframes.

Grammatical note: kehikko has the base form kehikko; the singular essive is kehikkona (as a frame), while the plural essive is kehikkoina (as frames). The word thus reflects the role or state of multiple frames within a system.

See also: kehikko, runko, rakenne, kehikkorakenne.