kuukausittaista
Kuukausittaista is a Finnish linguistic form that represents the partitive singular of kuukausittainen, the adjective meaning monthly. In Finnish, kuukausittainen describes something that occurs or is done every month. When used with a noun in the partitive case, the form kuukausittaista appears, indicating an indefinite quantity or abstraction of monthly nature. Consequently, kuukausittaista is not a standalone noun but a grammatical inflection used in phrases such as kuukausittaista raportointia (monthly reporting) or kuukausittaista laskutusta (monthly invoicing).
Origins and morphology: The base comes from kuukausi, meaning "month," plus the suffix -ttainen, which yields
Usage notes: Kuukausittaista is common in formal or semi-formal Finnish, especially in business, statistics, and public
See also: kuukausittainen (the base adjective meaning “monthly”), kuukausittain (adverb meaning “monthly” or “on a monthly