konjunktioina
Konjunktioina is the essive case form of the Finnish noun konjunktio, meaning “as a conjunction.” In Finnish grammar, the essive case marks a temporary state or role, so konjunktioina is used when describing the function of a word as a conjunction in a sentence. The form is common in linguistic descriptions and in language-learning materials.
In use, konjunktioina is a label for a word’s syntactic function rather than a separate part of
Finnish expresses function and role through various cases, and the essive form with -ina/-inä is one way
Etymology-wise, konjunktio comes from Latin conjunctio, meaning joining or connection, with the Finnish suffixes shaping it