suojateille

Suojateille is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun suojatie, meaning a pedestrian crossing. It literally translates to “to the pedestrian crossings.” The form is used to indicate direction toward multiple crosswalks, typically in road signs, maps, or safety instructions. The corresponding singular illative is suojatielle, used when directing toward a single crosswalk.

In practice, suojateille appears in contexts where references involve several crosswalks or generic guidance about routes that lead toward crosswalks within a area or street network. It is not typically used to refer to one specific crosswalk; for a single crosswalk, suojatielle would be the appropriate form.

Grammatical note: suojatie is a compound of suoja (protection) and tie (road). The illative plural suojateille is formed as the plural illative from the base, contrasting with the singular illative suojatielle. Finnish traffic and safety language often relies on such directional cases to indicate movement toward places, including pedestrian infrastructures.

See also:

- Suojatie (pedestrian crossing)

- Finnish traffic terminology

- Finnish grammatical cases for directional expressions