puhallettua

Puhallettua is a Finnish linguistic form used as an adjective to describe an object or material that has been shaped by blowing air, most often in the context of glassmaking. It is the partitive form of the past participle puhallettu, which derives from the verb puhalleta/puhaltaa, meaning to blow. The expression is commonly found in craft descriptions and museology to indicate that an item is made by blowing, for example blown glass.

In Finnish grammar, puhallettua is used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, typically signaling an indefinite quantity or material. The corresponding nominative form would be puhallettu [noun] in contexts where the noun is definite or in predicative positions. Because it is a participial adjective, puhallettua does not carry tense by itself but conveys the manner in which the object was produced.

Usage and scope: The term is most recognizable in descriptions of artisanal glasswork, but it can appear in broader craft or design writing to emphasize technique. It is not a standalone noun; rather, it modifies a noun to indicate that the object was formed by blowing.

See also: lasinpuhallus (glassblowing), lasi (glass).