koskettimella

Koskettimella is the instrumental form of the Finnish noun kosketin, which primarily means keyboard and can also refer to a touch or contact in an electronic or mechanical sense. The word is used to indicate that an action is performed with or through a keyboard or other touch-sensitive device.

In everyday language, koskettimella denotes the instrument or means used to carry out an action. For example, it can describe typing or inputting data with a keyboard, or operating equipment by pressing its keys. In music, it can refer to playing a keyboard instrument by using its keys, as in playing with the koskettimet. In electronics and mechanics, kosketin also means a contact or switch, so koskettimet (the contacts) can be driven or activated via koskettimella.

Koskettimella is often interchangeable with more specific terms depending on context, such as näppäimistöllä for computer or typewriter input, or koskettimilla when emphasizing the plural keys on a keyboard instrument. The form illustrates Finnish instrumental syntax, where the suffix -lla/-llä marks the means or tool used to perform an action.

See also: kosketin, näppäin, koskettimet.