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tunnustaa.

to confess, concede (admit to the truth, particularly in the context of something negative)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtunːustɑːˣ/[ˈt̪unːus̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  1. to confess, concede (admit to the truth, particularly in the context of something negative)

    transitive
    tunnustaa syntinsä
    tunnustaa rikos
  2. to plead guilty

    transitive
  3. to recognize, acknowledge (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)

    transitive
  4. to nostrify, nostrificate (to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university)

    transitive
  5. to feel, fumble, grope

    dialectal · transitive
  6. to follow (suit)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

tunnus (“symbol, mark”) + -taa. The meanings "to confess, recognize" might be a semantic loan from Swedish bekänna, erkänna (känna corresponding roughly to tuntea).

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