loendiks

Loendiks is the translative form of the Estonian noun loend. Loend can mean a list or inventory, or a census count, depending on context. The translative case suffix -iks marks a change of state or designation, so loendiks means "into a list" or "as a list" and is used when something is being categorized, formatted, or designated as a list.

In practice, loendiks appears in formal or technical language to express that data or items should be treated as a list, or that a set of elements is being converted into a list. It answers the questions milleks? (for what purpose) or kelleks? (into what state) with the sense of "as a list."

The form reflects the translatiiv function of Estonian grammar, which marks transformation or designation of one category to another. In technical writing, loendiks helps specify output formats or data representations and similar designations.

Related terms include loend (list, inventory, census), nimekiri (a list, typically of names), and nimekirja in various constructions. The concept is part of the broader system of the translatiiv (translative) case in Estonian grammar, which expresses change into a new state or role.