nukeissa

Nukeissa is a Finnish word-form used to express location related to multiple dolls. It is the inessive plural form of the noun nukke, which means “doll.” In Finnish grammar, the inessive case marks “in” or “inside,” and when applied to a plural noun, the ending -issa is added. Therefore, the plural nominative nuket becomes nukeissa in the inessive plural.

Uses and context

Nukeissa appears in everyday Finnish, especially when describing the location of a collection, display, or storage of dolls. It can be found in descriptions of toy inventories, museum labels, and narrative prose that involves dolls or doll-related scenes. As with many inflected forms, the precise meaning of nukeissa is determined by the surrounding words and syntax, but the core sense is location “in” or “inside” dolls when referring to multiple items.

Linguistic notes

Nukeissa illustrates regular Finnish pluralization and case-marking: root + plural ending for the nominative (nuket) followed by the inessive plural ending (-issa) to yield nukeissa. The form is specific to the plural and is not typically used in isolated references; its function is to situate objects within or among dolls in discourse.

See also

Finnish language, noun inflection, inessive case, plural forms, Finnish grammar.