laattoiksi

Laattoiksi is a Finnish grammatical form and a noun phrase used to express a change or designation into tiles. In Finnish, the translative case marks a transformation into a new state or category, and laatoiksi specifically refers to multiple tiles or the result of turning something into tiles.

Etymology and morphology

Laattoiksi is formed from the noun laatta (tile) by adding the translative suffix -ksi and the plural ending. The singular translative would be laataksi, while the plural translative is laatoiksi. This form is common in contexts where an object or material is described as having become tiles.

Usage

Laattoiksi appears in technical, architectural, and craft-language, as well as in descriptive passages about tiling projects or mosaic work. It conveys the outcome of a process (for example, cutting, shaping, or reusing materials) that results in tiles. The construction can be literal, referring to physical tiles, or metaphorical in contexts where something is treated or viewed as tiles.

Examples

- Kivet muutettiin laatoiksi rakennusprojektissa. (The stones were turned into tiles in the construction project.)

- Vanhoista laattoista valmistettiin laatoiksi mosaiikkia varten. (Old tiles were used to produce tiles for a mosaic.)

See also

Finnish grammar, translative case, laatta

Notes

Laattoiksi functions as a specialized form within ordinary Finnish noun inflection and is primarily encountered in contexts involving tiling, construction, or materials processing.