tuottamaa

Tuottamaa is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb tuottaa, meaning to produce or generate. It is the partitive singular inflection of the nominalized past participle tuottama, which translates roughly as "produced" or "generated." In Finnish grammar, tuottama functions as a participial adjective, and when used in the partitive, its form becomes tuottamaa.

Usage and meaning

Tuottamaa is used to describe something that has been produced. The partitive case is common with mass nouns or indefinite quantities, so tuottamaa appears before a noun in the partitive to indicate that the noun refers to something produced rather than universally or generally produced. For example, tuottamaa energiaa means produced energy, and tuottamaa tavaraa means produced goods. This form is typical in technical, economic, and energy contexts where the focus is on the output or yield of production.

Relation to other forms

Tuottamaa contrasts with tuottava, the present participle meaning “producing.” It also relates to other participial and nominal forms of tuottaa, such as tuottaa (to produce), tuotanto (production), tuottaja (producer), and tuottama (produced, in other cases). The full range of inflections for tuottama covers genitive (tuottaman), partitive (tuottamaa), and other case endings depending on number and grammatical role.

Etymology

Tuottamaa is built from the verb tuottaa plus the nominalizing suffix -ma to form tuottama (produced) and the partitive ending -a/-ä, resulting in tuottamaa in the partitive singular.

See also

tuottaa, tuottama, tuotanto, tuottavuus, tuottaja

Notes

Tuottamaa is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item; its usage is guided by normal Finnish agreement rules and the partitive construction.