tuntija
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 tuntijainrare | ||
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