kuusista

Kuusista is the plural elative form of the Finnish noun kuusi, which can mean spruce or spruce tree. In Finnish, the elative case expresses origin or source and, in the plural, the ending is -ista/-istä. Therefore kuusista translates roughly as “from spruces” or “out of spruces.” The form is mainly encountered in linguistic descriptions, forestry, botany, and ecological writing where origin, material, or population from spruce trees is being discussed.

In practical use, kuusista appears in phrases that indicate material or provenance. For example, lauta- tai puutavara-alalla you may encounter constructions like lautaa kuusista saatavasta puusta, meaning boards made from spruce wood. A common grammatical construction is kuusista valmistettuja lautoja, which means boards made from spruces. The word is distinguished from kuusi, which also means the number six in everyday speech; the intended meaning is typically clear from the context.

Kuusista is not a word that appears often in casual conversation and is more likely to be found in technical writing, grammar explanations, or discussions of forest composition and timber supply. It illustrates how Finnish uses suffixes to mark both number and case, creating forms that convey precise information about origin or material.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, Finnish nouns and cases, forestry terminology.