tuntea

From Proto-Finnic *tuntëdak, from Proto-Uralic *tumte-. Cognates include Estonian tundma, Northern Sami dovdat, Hungarian tud.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunteɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -unteɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): tun‧tea

tuntea

1. (transitive) to feel, sense (sense by touch)

   tuntea pisto sydämessään ― to feel a sudden sense of guilt (literally, “to feel a sting in one's heart”)

   Tunnetko sykkeen?

   Do/Can you feel the heartbeat?

2. (transitive, usually atelic) to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state)

   tuntea kipua ― to feel pain

   tuntea surua ― to feel sad

   tuntea pelkoa ― to feel fear

   tuntea iloa ― to feel happy

   tuntea janoa ― to feel thirsty

3. (transitive) to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state (about))

   Tunnen itseni terveeksi.

   I feel (myself) healthy.

4. (transitive) to know, be familiar with (implying deeper and more personal knowledge of someone, see the usage notes below)

   Tunnetko ketään, joka osaisi auttaa?

   Do you know anyone who could help?

5. (transitive) to recognize, sense the identity of

   Synonym: tunnistaa

   Tunsin sinut heti äänestä.

   I recognized you right away by your voice.

• (to know): The English verb "to know" can be translated into Finnish with either tietää or tuntea. The difference is that tietää usually expresses superficial knowledge about something, e.g. knowledge that the thing in question exists, whereas tuntea expresses more personal, subjective, detailed or deeper knowledge.

  Tiedän hänet, mutta en tunne häntä.

  I know her (by name), but I don't know her (personally).

• “tuntea”, 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

• tuenta, unetat, unetta