muokkaavaksi
Muokkaavaksi is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the translative form of the present active participle muokkaava, which comes from the verb muokata meaning to modify or edit. The translative mood, marked by the suffix -ksi, expresses a change of state or transformation into the described condition. Therefore muokkaavaksi literally denotes “into a state of editing/modifying.”
Morphology and formation: The base muokkaava combines with the translative suffix -ksi to form muokkaavaksi. This
Usage and register: muokkaavaksi is relatively rare in everyday Finnish. It appears primarily in linguistic descriptions,
Examples of function: The form can appear in predicative constructions to describe a change of state, such
Related forms: muokkaava (present active participle “modifying/editing”), muokattava (present passive participle “editable”). The translative -ksi attaches
Etymology: Derived from muokata + -ava, with the translative suffix -ksi to yield muokkaavaksi.