putkimaisissa

Putkimaisissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective putkimainen, meaning pipe-like. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case; when describing plural nouns in the inessive case (indicating location, roughly “in” or “inside”), the form is putkimaisissa. The word functions as an adjective rather than a standalone noun.

Etymology and form: putkimainen is formed from the noun putki (pipe) with the adjectival suffix -mainen, yielding “pipe-like.” The inessive plural ending -issa/-issä is added to produce putkimaisissa, which is used with plural nouns in the inessive. For example, putkimaisissa esineissä means “in pipe-like objects,” and putkimaisissa rakenteissa means “in pipe-like structures.”

Usage: Putkimaisissa commonly appears in descriptive or technical writing, such as biology, architecture, material science, or design, to describe tubular shapes or features within larger objects. It can modify a variety of plural nouns in the inessive, for instance: putkimaisissa esineissä, putkimaisissa rakenteissa, putkimaisissa järjestelmissä.

Related forms: The base adjective is putkimainen (pipe-like); the related noun form conveying the concept of pipe-likeness is putkimaisuus. Other related terms derive from putki (pipe) or from the concept of tubular forms.

See also: Finnish grammar and morphology of -inen adjectives; putki; putkimainen; putkimaisuus.