suojavaksi

Suojavaksi is a Finnish term that appears very rarely in standard usage. In most cases it is considered a nonstandard or mistaken form of suojaksi, which is the common construction meaning “as protection” or “to act as protection.” The typical, widely accepted way to express the idea is with suojaksi.

The root of the phrase is the noun suoja, meaning protection or shield. In Finnish, forms that indicate function or role are usually built with the suffix -ksi (as), yielding suojaksi in ordinary contexts. The appearance of suojavaksi in texts is often limited to older or dialectal material, or it may arise from an attempt to apply a productive suffix to a noun in a way that has not gained general acceptance in contemporary Finnish.

Usage notes and guidance: Because suojavaksi is not part of standard Finnish, it should be avoided in formal writing. If you encounter it in a text, it is generally safer to replace it with suojaksi or to rephrase the sentence to convey the intended meaning more clearly.

See also: suojaksi, suoja, Finnish morphology.

Summary: Suojavaksi is not a mainstream or widely recognized form in modern Finnish. Its presence is largely confined to nonstandard, historical, or dialectal contexts, with suojaksi serving as the preferred expression for “as protection.”