Tukenut

Tukenut is the past participle of the Finnish verb tukea, meaning to support. It denotes a completed act of providing support and is used in the formation of perfect tenses with the auxiliary olla, for example Hän on tukenut minua, meaning He has supported me.

In regular usage, tukenut functions as a verb form within composite tenses, indicating that the subject performed the act of supporting. It is commonly found with objects such as people, projects, or organizations that received the support. For example, valtiot ovat tukenut hanketta translates to states have supported the project.

When describing something that has received support, Finnish typically uses the passive past participle tuettu rather than tukenut. For instance, projekti on tuettu means the project has been supported. This distinction helps separate the actor-focused meaning of tukenut from the recipient-focused meaning of tuettu, though in everyday speech forms can vary with nuance.

Etymologically, tukenut is formed from the verb tukea with the past participle suffix -nut. It is part of a family of related words derived from tukea, including tuki (support) and other participle forms used across verbal and adjectival contexts.

See also: tukea, tuki, tuettu.