muuttajiin

Muuttajiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun muuttaja, meaning a person who moves, changes, or acts as an agent of change. In contexts related to migration, muuttaja can refer to someone who changes residence, i.e., a mover or immigrant; in other contexts it can denote any agent that brings about a change. The exact sense of muuttajiin depends on the surrounding wording.

Grammatically, muuttajiin is formed from the stem muuttaj- (from muuttaja) plus the illative plural ending -iin, yielding muuttajiin. The illative case expresses direction toward or into, and the plural form refers to movement toward or into the group of movers or changers.

Usage of the form is common in formal or academic Finnish when discussing groups of movers or agents of change. It appears in phrases such as muuttajiin liittyvät tilastot (statistics relating to movers) or muuttajiin kohdistuva tuki (support directed at movers). The corresponding singular illative is muuttajaan, and the nominative plural is muuttajat.

See also: Finnish grammar; Illative case; Muuttaja.