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tukea
tukea
Finnish
(index to)
Noun
tukea
- Partitive singular form of tuki.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *tukedak.
Verb
tukea
- (transitive) To support, shore/prop/back up (mentally or physically).
- (transitive) To support/back (financially), give financial support to, subsidize, finance; to sponsor.
- (transitive) To sustain.
- (transitive) To substantiate, corroborate.
Conjugation
| Inflection of tukea (Kotus type 58/laskea, k- gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tuen | en tue | 1st sing. | olen tukenut | en ole tukenut | |
| 2nd sing. | tuet | et tue | 2nd sing. | olet tukenut | et ole tukenut | |
| 3rd sing. | tukee | ei tue | 3rd sing. | on tukenut | ei ole tukenut | |
| 1st plur. | tuemme | emme tue | 1st plur. | olemme tukeneet | emme ole tukeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tuette | ette tue | 2nd plur. | olette tukeneet | ette ole tukeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tukevat | eivät tue | 3rd plur. | ovat tukeneet | eivät ole tukeneet | |
| passive | tuetaan | ei tueta | passive | on tuettu | ei ole tuettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tuin | en tukenut | 1st sing. | olin tukenut | en ollut tukenut | |
| 2nd sing. | tuit | et tukenut | 2nd sing. | olit tukenut | et ollut tukenut | |
| 3rd sing. | tuki | ei tukenut | 3rd sing. | oli tukenut | ei ollut tukenut | |
| 1st plur. | tuimme | emme tukeneet | 1st plur. | olimme tukeneet | emme olleet tukeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tuitte | ette tukeneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tukeneet | ette olleet tukeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tukivat | eivät tukeneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tukeneet | eivät olleet tukeneet | |
| passive | tuettiin | ei tuettu | passive | oli tuettu | ei ollut tuettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tukisin | en tukisi | 1st sing. | olisin tukenut | en olisi tukenut | |
| 2nd sing. | tukisit | et tukisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tukenut | et olisi tukenut | |
| 3rd sing. | tukisi | ei tukisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tukenut | ei olisi tukenut | |
| 1st plur. | tukisimme | emme tukisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tukeneet | emme olisi tukeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tukisitte | ette tukisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tukeneet | ette olisi tukeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tukisivat | eivät tukisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tukeneet | eivät olisi tukeneet | |
| passive | tuettaisiin | ei tuettaisi | passive | olisi tuettu | ei olisi tuettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tue | älä tue | 2nd sing. | ole tukenut | älä ole tukenut | |
| 3rd sing. | tukekoon | älköön tukeko | 3rd sing. | olkoon tukenut | älköön olko tukenut | |
| 1st plur. | tukekaamme | älkäämme tukeko | 1st plur. | olkaamme tukeneet | älkäämme olko tukeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tukekaa | älkää tukeko | 2nd plur. | olkaa tukeneet | älkää olko tukeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tukekoot | älkööt tukeko | 3rd plur. | olkoot tukeneet | älkööt olko tukeneet | |
| passive | tuettakoon | älköön tuettako | passive | olkoon tuettu | älköön olko tuettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tukenen | en tukene | 1st sing. | lienen tukenut | en liene tukenut | |
| 2nd sing. | tukenet | et tukene | 2nd sing. | lienet tukenut | et liene tukenut | |
| 3rd sing. | tukenee | ei tukene | 3rd sing. | lienee tukenut | ei liene tukenut | |
| 1st plur. | tukenemme | emme tukene | 1st plur. | lienemme tukeneet | emme liene tukeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tukenette | ette tukene | 2nd plur. | lienette tukeneet | ette liene tukeneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tukenevat | eivät tukene | 3rd plur. | lienevät tukeneet | eivät liene tukeneet | |
| passive | tuettaneen | ei tuettane | passive | lienee tuettu | ei liene tuettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tukea | present | tukeva | tuettava | ||
| long 1st2 | tukeakseen | past | tukenut | tuettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tukiessa | tuettaessa | agent1, 3 | tukema | |
| instructive | tukien | — | negative | tukematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tukemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | tukemasta | — | ||||
| illative | tukemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tukemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tukematta | — | ||||
| instructive | tukeman | tuettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tukeminen | ||||
| partitive | tukemista | |||||
| 5th2 | tukemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to support financially, subsidize) avustaa, (to finance, sponsor) rahoittaa, sponsoroida
- (to sustain) pitää yllä
- (to substantiate, corroborate) vahvistaa