kuoppaan

Kuoppaan is the illative case form of the Finnish noun kuoppa, meaning “into a hole” or “into a pit.” In Finnish, the illative case expresses movement toward the interior of a location, and kuoppaan is used when the location is a hole or pit. The form is created by adding the illative suffix -aan to the stem kuoppa, with the typical consonant structure preserved (kuoppaan).

In usage, kuoppaan appears in literal descriptions of entering or moving into a hole. A common example is: “Hän putosi kuoppaan,” which translates to “He fell into a hole.” The illative form can also occur in other constructions where movement toward a hollow space is involved, such as in descriptions of digging or placing something into a hollow.

The word kuoppa refers to a hollow, pit, or depression in the ground, and kuoppaan is simply its inflected form for “into a hole.” It is a native Finnish noun and is encountered in everyday language as well as in writing, whenever a sense of entering or moving toward a hole is intended.

See also: Finnish grammar, Illative case, Kuoppa.