tunnistaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === tunn- +‎ -istaa. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860 after Veps tundištada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtunːistɑːˣ/, [ˈt̪unːis̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -unːistɑː Syllabification(key): tun‧nis‧taa Hyphenation(key): tun‧nis‧taa === Verb === tunnistaa (transitive) to recognize/recognise (match in memory; know from a previous encounter) [with elative ‘by’] to identify (establish the identity of someone or something) [with translative ‘as’] (biology) to identify (establish the taxonomic classification of an organism) to detect, notice to name (publicly implicate by name) Synonyms: nimetä, nimittää ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tuntea === References === === Further reading === “tunnistaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023