tuntija
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tuntea (“to know”) + -ja (“-er”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuntija
- A connoisseur (specialist of a given field whose opinion is valued, especially in matters of taste).
Usage notes
[edit]Often used with a modifier that specifies the field of expertise, e.g. 'viinintuntija' = a connoisseur of wines
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tuntija (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tuntija | tuntijat | |
genitive | tuntijan | tuntijoiden tuntijoitten | |
partitive | tuntijaa | tuntijoita | |
illative | tuntijaan | tuntijoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tuntija | tuntijat | |
accusative | nom. | tuntija | tuntijat |
gen. | tuntijan | ||
genitive | tuntijan | tuntijoiden tuntijoitten tuntijain rare | |
partitive | tuntijaa | tuntijoita | |
inessive | tuntijassa | tuntijoissa | |
elative | tuntijasta | tuntijoista | |
illative | tuntijaan | tuntijoihin | |
adessive | tuntijalla | tuntijoilla | |
ablative | tuntijalta | tuntijoilta | |
allative | tuntijalle | tuntijoille | |
essive | tuntijana | tuntijoina | |
translative | tuntijaksi | tuntijoiksi | |
abessive | tuntijatta | tuntijoitta | |
instructive | — | tuntijoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “tuntija”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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