putkimaisessa

Putkimaisessa is a Finnish adjective inflected form meaning “in a pipe-like way” or “in a pipe-like state.” It is the inessive singular of the adjective putkimainen, which describes something resembling or having the characteristics of a pipe. The base is derived from the noun putki (pipe) with the suffix -mainen, which signals resemblance.

In use, putkimainen describes shapes and forms, and putkimaisessa specifies the location or state within a sentence’s context. The inessive case answers questions like “where?” and yields phrases such as “putkimaisessa tilassa” (in a pipe-like state) or “putkimaisessa muodossa” (in a pipe-like form). Because it is an inflected form, putkimaisessa is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical variant of putkimainen.

Morphology and related forms: putkimainen is the base form; in the singular, nominative is putkimainen, inessive is putkimaisessa, and genitive is putkimaisen. In the plural, nominative would be putkimaiset, with corresponding cases for inessive (putkimaisissa) and beyond. These forms enable precise description of objects with tubular or tube-like characteristics in Finnish.

Examples:

- Kappaleen putkimaisessa rakenteessa on useita pitkittäisiä kanavia.

- Esine on putkimaisessa muodossa, muistuttaen putkea.

See also: putkimainen as an adjective, Finnish inflection for -nen adjectives, and related descriptive terms for shape such as tubulaarinen or putkimainen konkreettisissa teknisissä yhteyksissä.

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