tekniikoiksi

Tekniikoiksi is a Finnish word that functions as the translative plural form of tekniikka, meaning technique. It is used to express a change into techniques or to designate something as multiple techniques. In everyday Finnish, tekniikoiksi appears in contexts where a set of methods or procedures is being categorized or described as techniques.

Formation and usage: The root tekniikka takes the translative suffix -iksi to form tekniikkaksi in the singular and tekniikoiksi in the plural. The translative case marks a change of state or a designation, for example when something becomes or is defined as techniques. The corresponding singular form is tekniikaksi, while tekniikoiksi is used with plural subjects or references.

Common contexts: Tekniikoiksi is typical in academic, technical, and methodological writing. It can appear when discussing research methods, engineering procedures, or creative approaches that are being framed as techniques. For example: Prosessit muuttuvat tekniikoiksi. (The processes become techniques.) Nämä menetelmät voidaan luokitella tekniikoiksi. (These methods can be classified as techniques.) Joillakin tutkimuksilla on tavoitteena muuntaa olemassa olevat menettelyt tekniikoiksi. (Some studies aim to convert existing procedures into techniques.)

Etymology and related forms: Tekniikoiksi derives from tekniikka with the translative plural suffix -iksi. Related forms include tekniikkaksi (singular translative) and tekniikat (nominative plural). Understanding tekniikoiksi helps in analyzing how Finnish expresses transformation and classification in technical and scholarly discourse.

See also: Finnish grammar, translative case, tekniikka.