kuukausiksi

Kuukausiksi is the translative form of the Finnish noun kuukausi, meaning months. It expresses a change of state or a designation where something is regarded, allocated, or presented as months rather than as days or years. In Finnish grammar, the translative suffix -ksi marks such a transformation or distribution into a category. The form kuukausiksi is used when referring to multiple months as units or as parts of a plan.

Usage examples include phrases like Budjetti on jaettu kuukausiksi, meaning the budget has been divided into months. Another common example is Hankkeen aikataulu voidaan esittää kahdeksi kuukausiksi, or more precisely kahdeksaksi kuukausiksi for eight months, illustrating division into monthly periods. Kuukausiksi is frequently found in project planning, financial reporting, and scheduling contexts, where a time frame is broken down or presented in monthly terms.

Etymology and related forms: the word kuukausi denotes a month and is rooted in the concept of time measurement historically linked to the lunar cycle. The translative form kuukausiksi is the grammatical feature used to indicate turning something into months or presenting it as months. Related Finnish forms include singular kuukausiksi (into a month) and other translative constructions with different numerals or nouns, which serve similar purposes of categorizing or transforming a quantity into a monthly basis.