tuntea.
to feel, sense (sense by touch)
Meaning & usage
to feel, sense (sense by touch)
tuntea pisto sydämessään
Tunnetko sykkeen?
to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state)
tuntea kipua
tuntea surua
to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state (about))
Tunnen itseni terveeksi.
Tunnen tämän maan kodikseni.
to know, be familiar with (usually implying deeper and more personal knowledge, see the usage notes below)
Tunnetko ketään, joka osaisi auttaa?
Hänet tunnetaan kärkevänä pakinoitsijana.
to recognize, sense the identity of
Tunsin sinut heti äänestä.
En ollut tuntea sinua tuossa takissa!
to recognize the value of, appreciate
Kyllä hän rahan tuntee.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *tuntëdak (compare Estonian tundma), from Proto-Uralic *tumte- (compare Northern Sami dovdat, Komi-Zyrian тӧдны (tödny), Hungarian tud, Tundra Nenets тумдӑсь (tumdăsʹ°)).
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