Ülekandva

Ülekandva is an Estonian participial form derived from the verb ülekanda, meaning to transfer or convey across. It represents the present active participle and is used to describe actions that are ongoing or to attribute a property to a noun indicating that a transfer is in progress. The form is created by adding the suffix -va to the verb stem ülekanda, and it agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case when used attributively.

In usage, ülekandva appears primarily in technical, legal, financial, or data-management contexts. It can modify nouns to indicate that a transfer-related state or activity is present, for example in phrases describing transfer processes, transfer-related rights, or data being transmitted. In predicative constructions, it can be combined with a copula to describe a state or event, such as a transaction that is under transfer or in the course of being transferred. Overall, ülekandva signals the action of transferring rather than the completed result.

The term is most common in written and formal registers, including contracts, regulatory texts, and technical documents. In everyday speech, speakers more often rely on the base verb forms or other less specialized expressions, though the participial form can appear in summaries, bulletins, or explanatory passages where concise, process-oriented wording is required.

See also: Estonian grammar, participles, ülekanda, transfer-related terminology.