kehostaan

Kehostaan is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “from his/her body.” It is created by taking the noun keho (body) in the elative case as kehosta (from the body) and adding the third-person possessive suffix -nsa/-nsä to indicate whose body is being referred to. The result, kehostaan, literally means “from his/her body” and is used to express origin or source that originates in the possessor’s body.

Morphology and usage notes:

- The elative case (-sta/-stä) marks source or origin in Finnish, and the attached possessive suffix specifies who possesses the body.

- Kehostaan is typically used in descriptive or narrative contexts to indicate that something arises from or comes out of the body belonging to someone or something.

- Distinguishing forms include kehosta (from the body) versus kehostaan (from his/her body), with kehosta able to occur without specifying the possessor.

Examples:

- Veri valui kehostaan. (“Blood was flowing from his body.”)

- Kipu levisi kehostaan. (“Pain spread from his body.”)

See also:

- Finnish grammar

- Elative case

- Possessive suffixes