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From Proto-Finnic *tuntudak, equivalent to tuntea (to feel) +‎ -ua (passive aspect).

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuntuɑˣ/, [ˈt̪un̪t̪uɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -untuɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): tun‧tua

tuntua

  1. (intransitive) to feel [with ablative or allative]

    Se tuntuu hyvältä.

    It feels good.
  2. (intransitive) to be felt
  3. (intransitive) to feel like, seem, appear [(with adjectives/participles) with ablative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’, along with elative ‘according to, in ...'s opinion’]

    Asia tuntuu selvältä.

    The matter seems clear.

    Kukaan täällä ei tunnu tietävän mitään siitä.

    No one here seems to know anything about it.

    Asiat tuntuvat nykyään jatkuvasti menevän pieleen!

    It seems like things are constantly going wrong nowadays!

    Minusta tuntuu siltä, että tässä ei ole mitään päätä eikä häntää.

    I feel like there is no head or tail in this thing.
    It feels to me like there is no head or tail in this thing.

    Et tunnu tajuavan, mitä tarkoitan.

    You don't seem to understand what I mean.
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuntuɑ/, [ˈt̪un̪t̪uɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -untuɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): tun‧tua

tuntua

  1. partitive singular of tuntu