lohkoilla

Lohkoilla is a Finnish plural adessive form of the noun lohko, which means block, section, or chunk. In linguistic terms, lohkoilla expresses location or association with multiple blocks, roughly translating to “on the blocks” or “at the blocks.” The form is mainly used in technical or descriptive prose to indicate where several blocks are located or how they are arranged.

Etymology and grammar wise, lohkoilla is built from the singular lohko, which forms the plural lohkot in the nominative. The adessive plural suffix -illa is then added to yield lohkoilla. This pattern is typical for many Finnish nouns describing physical units or segmented structures, where the adessive marks a surface or location related to the unit.

Usage contexts for lohkoilla are generally technical. It commonly appears in fields such as geology, mining, construction, and geography, where languages need to describe the position of blocks, chunks, or segmented units on a surface or within a larger arrangement. Because lohkoilla is a plural form, it is chosen when reference involves more than one block or segment.

related forms exist to express other spatial relations. For example, the inessive form lohkoissa means “in the blocks,” and other case forms denote movement toward, away from, or origin relative to the blocks. In typical Finnish usage, lohkoilla is most natural in precise, technical descriptions rather than everyday conversation.

See also: lohko, Finnish morphology, Finnish cases, Finnish technical vocabulary.