koodattuun

Koodattuun is a Finnish grammatical form that occurs in technical and linguistic contexts. It represents the illative singular of the past passive participle koodattu, which means coded. In use, koodattuun functions as an adjective-like form that modifies a following illative noun phrase, indicating movement into or destination of something described as coded.

Morphology and function: The base form koodattu comes from the verb koodata (to code). The illative suffix -uun is attached to this participle to create koodattuun, indicating direction toward a state described by “coded.” This form typically appears with a noun in the illative case, as in koodattuun muotoon (into coded form) or koodattuun dataan (into coded data). In such phrases, the participle agrees in number and case with the illative noun, not as a standalone lexeme but as a grammatical modifier.

Usage: Koodattuun is most common in technical writing, data processing, software development, and contexts involving data transformation or encryption. It conveys that something is being transformed into a state that is characterized as coded. It is not ordinarily used in everyday Finnish outside specialized jargon.

Examples:

- Tiedot on siirrettävä koodattuun muotoon ennen tallennusta. (The data must be transferred into coded form before storage.)

- Prosessi tuottaa tunnuksia, jotka tallennetaan koodattuun dataan. (The process produces credentials that are stored in coded data.)

See also: koodattu, koodata, Finnish grammar, illative case.