pintaalalla

Pintaalalla is the adessive form of the Finnish noun pinta-ala, and it literally means on the surface area. The base term pinta-ala refers to the surface area of a two-dimensional shape or, in real estate and building contexts, to the floor area of a space. In everyday Finnish, pinta-ala is used to describe how large a surface or space is, typically measured in square meters.

The concept of surface area is central in geometry and related fields. Pinta-ala denotes the size of a two-dimensional boundary, and calculations often involve units such as square meters (m^2) or square centimeters (cm^2). In practical applications, pinta-ala appears in mathematics, architecture, engineering, and real estate, for example when stating how large an object or a room is.

In Finnish usage, the form pintaalalla is used to describe something located on or at the surface area. For example, a sentence might say that there are scratches on the wall’s surface area: Seinän pinta-alalla on naarmuja. In real estate and construction, pinta-ala is commonly used to specify the size of a space, with distinctions between gross and net floor area in listings.

Etymology and grammar: the word is a compound of pinta (surface) and ala (area); the adessive ending -lla marks location on the surface. Pinta-ala as a concept is often the preferred form for stating size, while pintaalalla serves grammatical purposes to describe position on that surface.

See also: pinta-ala, bruttopinta-ala, nettopinta-ala, area, geometry.