tarkoittaviin

Tarkoittaviin is a Finnish inflected form derived from the verb tarkoittaa ("to mean, to intend") via the present participle/predicative adjective tarkoittava. Grammatically, tarkoittaviin is the illative plural form of tarkoittava, used to express direction "into" or "to" multiple entities characterized as meaning or intended (literally "to the ones that mean/are intended").

Formation and function: the form combines the participial/adjectival stem tarkoittav- with the illative plural ending -iin, and it appears in contexts that require indicating movement, direction, or orientation toward several items described by the participle. It commonly appears in noun phrases (e.g., tarkoittaviin seikkoihin) and in constructions with verbs of motion, attention, or reference.

Usage example: Hän viittasi tarkoittaviin seikkoihin. (He/she referred to the intended points.)

Pronunciation: approximately [ˈtɑrkoi̯ttɑviːn], with geminated /tt/ and a long final vowel.

Etymology and related forms: the base verb tarkoittaa traces to common Finnic roots for "intend/mean." Related grammatical forms include tarkoittava (present participle/adjective), tarkoittavat (plural nominative), and forms in other cases such as tarkoittaviin (illative plural) and tarkoittavissa (inessive plural). The form is typical of standard Finnish morphology and appears in both written and spoken registers when conveying direction toward multiple intended referents.