tietää

Etymology
From, derived from. Equivalent to ; the original meaning seems to have been "to know the way to" (thus ).

Verb

 * 1)  to know, be aware of implying superficial knowledge, see the usage notes below
 * 2)  to mean, spell, signify, presage, bode
 * 1)  to mean, spell, signify, presage, bode
 * 1)  to mean, spell, signify, presage, bode
 * 1)  to mean, spell, signify, presage, bode

Usage notes

 * The irregular past participle is used much more often than the original, regular active past participle, which is falling out of use, although still fully comprehensible.
 * is originally probably the irregular passive past participle variant, but it is used as an adjective, not in the verb sense.
 * In the third-person singular and plural potential the form can be regular with -tä- or irregular with -nn-.
 * The English verb "to know" can be translated into Finnish with either or . The difference is that  usually expresses superficial knowledge about something, e.g. knowledge that the thing in question exists, whereas  expresses more personal, subjective, detailed or deeper knowledge.