Kunto
Kunto is a Finnish noun meaning physical condition or fitness. It describes the state of a person’s health and endurance, and in everyday language it is common to talk about how fit someone is. The phrase “hyvä kunto” means good physical condition. The term can also refer to the readiness or condition of non-human things, such as equipment or buildings, indicating that something is in good working order or sound condition. In sports and exercise contexts, kunto denotes overall conditioning and stamina rather than specific measurements; training aims to improve one’s kunto, while illness, age, or injury may diminish it.
As a linguistic root, kunto exists in compounds and derived forms. The suffix -ilu in “kuntoilu” yields
Kunto is also used as a Finnish masculine given name, though it is relatively uncommon today. Historically,
The term is distinctly Finnish and is not widely used as a loanword in other languages. It