tunnustaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === tunnus (“symbol, mark”) +‎ -taa. The meanings "to confess, recognize" might be a semantic loan from Swedish bekänna, erkänna (känna corresponding roughly to tuntea). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtunːustɑːˣ/, [ˈt̪unːus̠tɑ̝ː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -unːustɑː Syllabification(key): tun‧nus‧taa Hyphenation(key): tun‧nus‧taa === Verb === tunnustaa (transitive) to confess, concede (admit to the truth, particularly in the context of something negative) Near-synonym: myöntää tunnustaa syntinsä ― to confess one's sins tunnustaa rikos ― to confess a crime tunnustaa tappionsa ― to concede defeat (law, transitive) to plead guilty (transitive) to recognize, acknowledge (to acknowledge the existence or legality of) (transitive) to nostrify, nostrificate (to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university) (dialectal, transitive, usually atelic) to feel, fumble, grope (card games, transitive, usually atelic) to follow (suit) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== myöntää === Further reading === “tunnustaa”, 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 3 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From tunnus (“attribute”) +‎ -taa. Cognates include Finnish tunnustaa. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtunːustɑː/, [ˈtunːəs̠tɑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtunːustɑː/, [ˈtunːuʃtɑː] Rhymes: -unːustɑː Hyphenation: tun‧nus‧taa === Verb === tunnustaa (transitive) to confess ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 608