tulkissa

Tulkissa is a Finnish noun form related to the word tulkki, meaning interpreter or translator. As a form, tulkissa represents the inessive case, used in Finnish to indicate being within or inside a state, place, or domain. In practice, tulkissa is not common in everyday speech and is mainly encountered in linguistic descriptions or dictionary entries that illustrate inflection.

In ordinary Finnish, to refer to someone who works as an interpreter, speakers typically use tulkki (for the person) and phrases such as toimia tulkkina (to work as an interpreter) or tulkiksi when expressing a change of role in a translative sense, for example as “as an interpreter.” The inessive form tulkissa may appear in formal or descriptive contexts to discuss the role or field of interpretation, but it is rarely used in everyday language.

Etymology and morphology: tulkissa is formed from tulkki (interpreter) plus the inessive suffix -ssa, following Finnish noun inflection patterns. The base concept remains the same as in tulkki, but the grammatical form shifts to indicate a location or state within the domain of interpretation.

See also: tulkkaus (interpretation), tulkki (interpreter/translator), tulkkauspalvelut (interpretation services), viittomakielen tulkki (sign language interpreter).

Notes: Because Finnish expresses occupation and role with several different cases and constructions, many readers will encounter the concept of “interpreter” through tulkkina or tulkiksi rather than tulkissa in normal texts.