tanú (“witness”) + -ja (possessive suffix)
tanúja
It is commonly used followed by the appropriate form of van (“to be”) (omitted in the third-person present indicative as usual) to express to witness (to see or gain knowledge of through experience, literally “to be the witness of ”), hence with -nak/-nek. When referring to multiple people, its plural form tanúi can be used.
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tanúja | — |
| accusative | tanúját | — |
| dative | tanújának | — |
| instrumental | tanújával | — |
| causal-final | tanújáért | — |
| translative | tanújává | — |
| terminative | tanújáig | — |
| essive-formal | tanújaként | — |
| essive-modal | tanújául | — |
| inessive | tanújában | — |
| superessive | tanúján | — |
| adessive | tanújánál | — |
| illative | tanújába | — |
| sublative | tanújára | — |
| allative | tanújához | — |
| elative | tanújából | — |
| delative | tanújáról | — |
| ablative | tanújától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
tanújáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
tanújáéi | — |