paikantavat
Paikantavat is a Finnish verb form that translates roughly as “they locate.” It is the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb paikantaa, meaning to determine the location of something or to localize. In some contexts it can also be understood as “locate” or “track.”
In grammatical terms, paikantaa is a transitive verb, and paikantavat is used with plural subjects. For example,
Usage of paikantavat spans several fields. It appears in discussions of navigation, search and rescue, surveillance,
Related terms include paikantajat (locators) as a noun form and paikannus or paikannusprosessi (localization or localization