vaunusta

Vaunusta is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun vaunu, meaning a wagon or carriage. In Finnish grammar the elative case expresses origin or starting point and is formed with the suffix -sta/-stä. Thus vaunusta means “from the wagon” or “out of the wagon.”

Usage of vaunusta occurs when an action or state is described as beginning from the wagon. It is common with verbs of movement or change of place. For example: Hän nousi vaunusta, meaning “He stepped out of the wagon.” Another example: Vaunusta kuului askeleita, meaning “Footsteps could be heard from the wagon.”

Notes and variants: Vaunusta is the singular elative form; the corresponding plural form is vaunuista (“from the wagons”). The elative commonly follows nouns to indicate source, starting point, or origin, and vaunusta is frequently seen in everyday Finnish as well as in descriptive or historical text involving travel by wagon or railway carriage. Related terms include vaunu (nominative singular) and the broader set of elative forms in Finnish grammar. See also Finnish grammar, elative case, and vaunu.