tarkastaa

tarka- (“accurate, precise”) +‎ -staa. Coined by Finnish politician, historian and professor Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrkɑstɑːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑstɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): tar‧kas‧taa

tarkastaa

1. (transitive) to check, inspect

• tarkastaa and tarkistaa are very close to each other in their meaning. However, tarkastaa means "to check, inspect, look at, study" and "to study the suitability, competence or qualifications of something, e.g. in order to find possible defects", whereas tarkistaa means "to check, inspect, look" and "to study" and at the same time "to correct or amend the possible flaws or defects".

• “tarkastaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From tarkka (“accurate”) +‎ -staa. Akin to Finnish tarkastaa and Karelian tarkaštua.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrkɑstɑː/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrkɑstɑː/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrkɑstɑː
• Hyphenation: tar‧kas‧taa

tarkastaa

1. (transitive) to check (verify accuracy)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Tämän kirjan käsikirjutoksen tarkasti professora D. V. Bubrih ja antoi nevvoja, kummat avittivat kirjast praavittaa monikkaita defektoja.

     Professor D. V. Bubrikh checked the manuscript of this book and gave pieces of advice, which helped to correct some defects from the book.

2. (transitive) to inspect, to observe; to study
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Oppilapset tarkastaat paikkaa.

     The schoolchildren are studying the area.

• (to check): proveroittaa