tuulessa

Tuulessa is the inessive form of the Finnish noun tuuli, meaning "in the wind." In Finnish grammar, the inessive case, marked by the suffix -ssa, denotes location or state inside something. Therefore tuulessa literally translates to "in the wind" and is used to describe a person, place, or thing that is within windy conditions or exposed to wind.

In everyday language, tuulessa appears in weather descriptions and descriptive prose to convey atmosphere. It is common in poetry and narrative writing to evoke sensory impressions such as chill, movement, or resilience associated with wind. For example, a sentence like "Hän seisoi tuulessa" would mean "He/She stood in the wind," signaling a windy scene or moment. The expression can also function metaphorically to convey change, struggle, or persistence under challenging conditions.

Finnish permits related inflected forms to express related spatial or directional ideas. For instance, tuulesta is the elative form meaning "out of the wind" or "from the wind," used when something originates from the wind or when describing a shift away from windy conditions.

Tuulessa is a standard illustration of how Finnish uses noun endings to encode location and circumstance, without relying on prepositions. It underscores the close relationship between morphology and meaning in Finnish spatial expressions.

See also: Finnish grammar, inessive case, tuuli, wind, Finnish language, weather descriptions in literature.