tuotama

Tuotama is a term encountered in discussions of Finnish historical and dialectal language forms. In standard modern Finnish, the common verb for “to produce” is tuottaa. Tuotama, by contrast, is understood as a nonstandard or archaic inflected form associated with earlier stages of the language or with certain dialects. It may appear in linguistic descriptions as an example of how the root tuot- could combine with the infinitive-forming suffix -ama, producing a word that resembles a verbal noun or infinitive.

Linguistic analysis typically treats tuotama as a historical or dialectal variant rather than a productive form in contemporary Finnish. The more widely attested nominal and verbal derivatives related to tuottaa are tuottama (produced or produced item) and tuottaminen (the act of producing). The form tuotama, when encountered in texts, is usually discussed in the context of older orthography, poetry, or regional speech, rather than as part of standard modern Finnish grammar.

In usage, tuotama does not function as a standard modern infinitive or participle in contemporary Finnish. When researchers study it, they emphasize its role as a historical artifact illustrating the diachronic development of Finnish verbal morphology. For contemporary Finnish writing, speakers and writers would typically use tuottaa for “to produce” and tuottama or tuotettu as appropriate for produced forms.

See also: Finnish verbs, -ma/-mä suffix in Finnish, tuottaa, tuottaminen, Finnish historical linguistics.