pusseissa

Pusseissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun pussi, meaning bag or purse. The word functions to indicate that something is located inside multiple bags or purses, and is commonly used in everyday Finnish when describing arrangements or storage.

Linguistic notes: Finnish grammar marks location with the inessive case, using -ssa for singular and -issa for plural. For pussi, the singular inessive is pussissa and the plural inessive is pusseissa. The base noun is simple and productive, and pussi can refer to various kinds of bags, including shopping bags, purses, or small pouches. The plural form pusseissa appears in contexts where multiple bags contain items or where a person is speaking about several purses.

Usage and context: Pusseissa is frequent in ordinary speech and writing when noting what is inside several bags or purses. It can also appear in descriptions of organization, travel, shopping, or clutter. Because pussi covers broad senses of bag or pouch, pusseissa can refer to objects inside any of those containers, whether for coins, cosmetics, or miscellaneous items.

Examples:

- Kaikki tavarat olivat pusseissa. (All the belongings were in the purses.)

- Hän pitää avaimet useissa pusseissa. (He/she keeps the keys in several purses.)

- Vanhoja kuvia oli pusseissa. (Old pictures were in the bags/purses.)

See also: pussi (the singular noun and general sense of bag) and Finnish case systems (inessive).