nielemisessä

Nielemisessä is the inessive form of the Finnish noun nieleminen, meaning “swallowing.” In Finnish grammar, nieleminen is a nominalized verb (a gerund) derived from the verb nieleä, “to swallow.” The inessive suffix -ssä attaches to nieleminen to express “in swallowing” or “during swallowing.” The form is used to describe actions or states related to swallowing in both linguistic descriptions and ordinary prose. For example, “Nielemisessä on kolme päävaihetta: suun, nielun ja ruokatorven toiminnan koordinointi.” translates roughly as “There are three main phases in swallowing: coordination of the mouth, throat, and esophagus.”

In medical and physiological contexts, nielemisessä is commonly used when discussing swallowing as a process, often in relation to its phases and coordination. It functions as a grammatical form rather than a separate technical term, enabling precise phrasing such as “nielemisessä tapahtuvat refleksit” (“reflexes occurring during swallowing”).

Etymology: The word is built from the verb nieleä plus the noun-forming suffix -minen to yield nieleminen (swallowing). The inessive form Nielemisessä is formed by adding the inessive suffix -ssä to nieleminen.

See also: Nielemisen; Nielemisprosessi; Nieleminen; Finnish grammar: case inflection.