piikillä
Piikillä is the Finnish adessive singular form of the noun piikki, meaning spike or pointed projection. In Finnish grammar, the adessive case -llä/-llä can indicate a location or the means by which an action is performed. Consequently, piikillä can mean either “on a spike” (a location) or “with a spike” (the instrument used). The corresponding plural form is piikeillä, used for “on spikes” or “with spikes.”
Piikillä is most common in descriptive or technical contexts, such as carpentry, metalworking, archaeology, or other
Piikillä is derived from piikki (spike) with the adessive suffix -llä. The word forms align with Finnish
Piikillä is primarily used in contexts where the spike is literal or metaphorically sharp or pointed. In