neuloilla

Neuloilla is the adessive plural form of the Finnish noun neula, meaning needles. In Finnish grammar, adessive cases indicate location or means, so neuloilla translates roughly as “on the needles” or “with the needles.” As a case form, neuloilla is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical inflection of the noun neula.

Use and meaning

Neuloilla is commonly found in contexts involving knitting or sewing. It can denote where something is placed (for example, items situated on a set of needles) or, more often in instructional language, the instrument used to perform an activity (knitting with needles). In sentences, it may appear with verbs describing action, such as neulotaan neuloilla (“we knit with needles”) or käytän neuloilla (“I use needles”). The form contrasts with singular adessive neulalla (on the needle) and with other case forms such as neulojen (genitive plural) or neuloille (allative plural).

Relation to related forms

The base word neula refers to a single needle. The plural nominative is neulat, and the plural adessive is neuloilla. Other cases form similarly from the plural or singular stems (for example, neulojen for plural genitive). In standard usage, neuloilla appears primarily in descriptive or instructional knitting and sewing language.

Notes

Neuloilla is a routine grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. Its meaning depends on context, and it should be interpreted as “on the needles” or “with the needles” accordingly.