viivoina

Viivoina is a Finnish word form meaning “as lines.” It is the plural essive form of the noun viiva, which means line. In Finnish, the essive case expresses a temporary state or role, and the plural form viivoina thus translates to “as lines” in English. This grammatical form appears mainly in descriptive or technical language, rather than in everyday speech.

In practice, viivoina is used to describe how something is represented or indicated by lines, for example in graphs, diagrams, or drawings. An illustrative sentence would be: Tulokset esitettiin viivoina graafissa, meaning “The results were presented as lines in the graph.” The form signals the mode of representation rather than a standalone concept.

Viivoina is more common in written, technical, or educational contexts where precise description of visual formats is required. For learners of Finnish, it is one example of how the essive case operates in plural noun phrases, distinct from the singular form viivana, which means “as a line.” Related terms include viiva (line), viivakaavio (line chart), and general references to the essive case in Finnish grammar.