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Definition 2025
tonkia
tonkia
Finnish
Verb
tonkia
- To grub (to dig in search of something, as e.g. a pig does to find food).
- To scavenge (to search through unwanted material for useful material).
- To dig (to research a particular subject, especially a suspicious case).
Conjugation
| Inflection of tonkia (Kotus type 61/sallia, nk-ng gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tongin | en tongi | 1st sing. | olen tonkinut | en ole tonkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | tongit | et tongi | 2nd sing. | olet tonkinut | et ole tonkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | tonkii | ei tongi | 3rd sing. | on tonkinut | ei ole tonkinut | |
| 1st plur. | tongimme | emme tongi | 1st plur. | olemme tonkineet | emme ole tonkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | tongitte | ette tongi | 2nd plur. | olette tonkineet | ette ole tonkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | tonkivat | eivät tongi | 3rd plur. | ovat tonkineet | eivät ole tonkineet | |
| passive | tongitaan | ei tongita | passive | on tongittu | ei ole tongittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tongin | en tonkinut | 1st sing. | olin tonkinut | en ollut tonkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | tongit | et tonkinut | 2nd sing. | olit tonkinut | et ollut tonkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | tonki | ei tonkinut | 3rd sing. | oli tonkinut | ei ollut tonkinut | |
| 1st plur. | tongimme | emme tonkineet | 1st plur. | olimme tonkineet | emme olleet tonkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | tongitte | ette tonkineet | 2nd plur. | olitte tonkineet | ette olleet tonkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | tonkivat | eivät tonkineet | 3rd plur. | olivat tonkineet | eivät olleet tonkineet | |
| passive | tongittiin | ei tongittu | passive | oli tongittu | ei ollut tongittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tonkisin | en tonkisi | 1st sing. | olisin tonkinut | en olisi tonkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | tonkisit | et tonkisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tonkinut | et olisi tonkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | tonkisi | ei tonkisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tonkinut | ei olisi tonkinut | |
| 1st plur. | tonkisimme | emme tonkisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tonkineet | emme olisi tonkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | tonkisitte | ette tonkisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tonkineet | ette olisi tonkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | tonkisivat | eivät tonkisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tonkineet | eivät olisi tonkineet | |
| passive | tongittaisiin | ei tongittaisi | passive | olisi tongittu | ei olisi tongittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tongi | älä tongi | 2nd sing. | ole tonkinut | älä ole tonkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | tonkikoon | älköön tonkiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon tonkinut | älköön olko tonkinut | |
| 1st plur. | tonkikaamme | älkäämme tonkiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme tonkineet | älkäämme olko tonkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | tonkikaa | älkää tonkiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa tonkineet | älkää olko tonkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | tonkikoot | älkööt tonkiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot tonkineet | älkööt olko tonkineet | |
| passive | tongittakoon | älköön tongittako | passive | olkoon tongittu | älköön olko tongittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tonkinen | en tonkine | 1st sing. | lienen tonkinut | en liene tonkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | tonkinet | et tonkine | 2nd sing. | lienet tonkinut | et liene tonkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | tonkinee | ei tonkine | 3rd sing. | lienee tonkinut | ei liene tonkinut | |
| 1st plur. | tonkinemme | emme tonkine | 1st plur. | lienemme tonkineet | emme liene tonkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | tonkinette | ette tonkine | 2nd plur. | lienette tonkineet | ette liene tonkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | tonkinevat | eivät tonkine | 3rd plur. | lienevät tonkineet | eivät liene tonkineet | |
| passive | tongittaneen | ei tongittane | passive | lienee tongittu | ei liene tongittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tonkia | present | tonkiva | tongittava | ||
| long 1st2 | tonkiakseen | past | tonkinut | tongittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tonkiessa | tongittaessa | agent1, 3 | tonkima | |
| instructive | tonkien | — | negative | tonkimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tonkimassa | — | 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 | tonkimasta | — | ||||
| illative | tonkimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tonkimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tonkimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | tonkiman | tongittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tonkiminen | ||||
| partitive | tonkimista | |||||
| 5th2 | tonkimaisillaan | |||||