kunnittaisia

Kunnittaisia is a Finnish grammatical form used as an adjective related to municipalities. It is not a standalone concept, but the plural partitive form derived from kunta, meaning it describes items that pertain to or are distributed across municipalities. The form is commonly found in statistical, administrative, or comparative contexts, for example in phrases such as kunnittaisia tilastoja (municipal statistics) or kunnittaisia eroja (municipal differences).

Morphology and usage: In Finnish, adjectives that describe plural nouns can take a partitive plural ending. The ending -isia in kunnittaisia marks the partitive plural, signaling that the described item involves multiple municipalities or is assessed at the municipal level. This contrasts with singular or nominative forms used for a single municipality or when the focus is on a general property rather than a countable set.

Contexts and examples: Kunnittaisia tilastoja are data broken down by municipality, such as population, income, or services across different municipalities. Kunnittaisia eroja refers to differences between municipalities in various indicators. The term is especially common in government reports, regional planning documents, and statistical analyses where the unit of analysis is the municipality.

See also: Kunta, kuntalainen, kunnallinen, kuntajako, Suomen kuntarakenteet. Note that kunnittaisia is a grammatical form rather than a separate concept; its meaning derives from the noun kunta and the broader concept of municipal-level considerations.