pienikokoisemmät

pienikokoisemmät is a Finnish comparative adjective meaning "smaller ones." The word is formed from the base adjective pienikokoinen, which itself is a compound of pieni (small) and koko (size or whole), plus the comparative suffix -isempi, pluralized with the -t ending to match the noun it modifies. Thus, pienikokoisemmät literally translates to "more small in size" or simply "smaller."

The adjective is used to comparatively describe objects, animals, or people that are smaller relative to another group. It can appear in various grammatical contexts, typically preceding a noun or following a form of the verb olla (to be). Examples include "pienikokoisemmät jalat" ("smaller feet") and "pienikokoisemmät tikku- palaset" ("smaller stick pieces").

Pronunciation follows standard Finnish phonetics: pee-NEE-koo-koi-SEMM-ät, with the accent on the second syllable of the root. The stress is regular, as in most Finnish words.

In orthography, the word follows standard rules for compound adjectives and comparative forms; the double i in -koi- is maintained, and the long vowel is indicated by the doubled i, not by a separate diacritic. The word is found in Finnish dictionaries, for instance in Kielitoimiston sanasto, where it is listed under the comparative forms of size adjectives.

Because "pienikokoisemmät" is a morphological derivation common in everyday Finnish, it is used mainly in informal contexts or descriptive writing. In formal written language, a more precise measure of size or a numeric comparison might be preferred. Nevertheless, the term remains widely understood and can be used in a variety of descriptive sentences involving comparison of size.