monimuotoisuutensa

Monimuotoisuutensa is a Finnish morphologically complex form that conveys ownership of biodiversity or diversity by a third person or thing. It is formed from the noun monimuotoisuus, meaning biodiversity or variety, with the third-person possessive suffix -nsa/-nsä attached, producing a phrase equivalent to "its biodiversity." The base monimuotoisuus itself comes from moni- (many) + muoto (form) + -isuus (a suffix that forms abstract nouns). The resulting form illustrates Finnish agglutinating morphology and vowel harmony.

In use, monimuotoisuutensa appears primarily in ecological, environmental, and conservation contexts, where speakers discuss the biodiversity of a place, organism, or system. It is common to pair monimuotoisuutensa with a possessor expressed elsewhere in the sentence, for example to denote the biodiversity of the world or of a particular region. A typical example is the sentence: Maailman monimuotoisuutensa on uhattuna, meaning "The world’s biodiversity is under threat." The form can thus function to specify which entity’s biodiversity is being described, while the noun monimuotoisuus remains the core semantic term.

Notes on usage: monimuotoisuutensa is a formal, often scientific construction. It exemplifies Finnish possessive syntax and the way abstract nouns can be tied to a possessor through suffixes. Beyond ecology, the pattern can appear in discussions of diversity or variety in other domains, though it remains most common in natural sciences and policy discourse.