naapurikyliin

Naapurikyliin is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “to neighboring villages” and is the illative plural of the compound noun naapurikylä, which combines naapur- (neighbor) and kylä (village). The form is used to indicate movement toward more than one neighboring village, as opposed to singular destinations such as naapurikylään (into a neighboring village).

Etymology and form: The word is built from the base naapurikylä and the illative plural suffix -in, which signals direction or destination toward multiple items in Finnish. The construction reflects everyday rural and regional language where several nearby villages are relevant as destinations, routes, or points of reference.

Usage: Naapurikyliin appears in travel directions, route descriptions, and regional planning texts to denote going toward or into the neighboring villages collectively. It is typically used with verbs of movement such as mennä, suuntautua, or kulkea. In sentences, it functions similarly to other illative forms by answering “where to?”

Examples:

- Matka vei meidät naapurikyliin. (The journey took us to the neighboring villages.)

- He suuntasivat kohti naapurikyliin to discuss regional cooperation. (They headed toward the neighboring villages to discuss cooperation.)

See also: Finnish illative case; naapurikylä (neighbor village); Finnish geography and rural regional terminology.