llainstrumentaalipääte
llainstrumentaalipääte is a term used in Finnish linguistics to describe a proposed suffix applied to loanwords to signal instrumental meaning. The concept is not part of standard Finnish grammar but appears in some theoretical discussions of how borrowed forms can take case-like marking for means or instrument in language contact or historical linguistics. In such models, the suffix would function similarly to an instrumental case, indicating the means by which an action is performed.
Etymology: the term is a compound of laina (loan), instrumentaali (instrumental), and pääte (suffix). The spelling
Formation and usage: the suffix would be attached to a base form, typically a noun (or sometimes
Illustrative example (hypothetical): taking a loanword stem “kirja” (book), a hypothetical instrumental suffix could yield “kirja-instrumentaali”