teipillä

Teipillä is the adessive form of the Finnish noun teippi, meaning tape. Teippi refers to adhesive tape used for sealing, binding, repairing, or labeling. The adessive form teipillä is used to indicate the means by which an action is performed or the surface on which something rests, and it roughly corresponds to “with tape” or “on tape” in English.

In Finnish grammar, the adessive case answers questions like how something is done or where something is located on a surface. For teippi, teipillä is formed from the stem teip- by adding -llä. It is commonly found in everyday contexts involving fastening, repairing, or attaching objects with tape. Examples include Ilmoitus on teipillä kiinnitetty jääkaapin oveen (The notice was affixed to the refrigerator door with tape) and Paperi on teipillä kiinnitetty pöydälle (The paper is attached to the table with tape).

The term can also convey broader means or methods, such as describing a repair performed with tape or indicating a location related to tape, depending on the sentence structure. In writing, teipillä frequently appears in instructions, manuals, and descriptions of quick fixes or temporary solutions, where it functions as a concise way to specify the tool or material used.

See also teippi, Finnish grammar, and the broader use of the adessive case in Finnish.