kielimuotoon

Kielimuotoon is a Finnish grammatical term referring to the illative case form of the noun kielimuoto. The base word kielimuoto combines kieli (“language”) and muoto (“form” or “shape”), and kielimuotoon means “into a language form” or “to the language form.” In Finnish, the illative suffix -on marks movement toward or transformation into a state or form, so kielimuotoon is the form used when indicating a transition into a language form.

In linguistic and grammatical discussion, kielimuotoon is used to illustrate how Finnish nouns can express direction toward a form or state. The term is primarily encountered in academic contexts, textbooks, and analyses of morphology rather than in everyday speech. It serves as an example of how compound nouns behave when inflected in the illative case.

Related concepts include the illative case itself and other forms of kielimuoto (such as its nominative or genitive forms), as well as broader topics in Finnish grammar like compound nouns, morphological inflection, and language-specific terminology for grammatical forms. The concept helps describe how language-related forms are categorized and described in linguistic work.

See also: illative case, Finnish grammar, compound nouns, morphology, linguistic form.