Tukevä

Tukevä is a Finnish term encountered mainly as a nonstandard variant of the common adjective tukeva, meaning sturdy, solid or robust. In standard Finnish, the adjective used to describe physical solidity or reliability is tukeva.

The form tukevä is not listed as a separate lemma in major dictionaries. It occurs occasionally in older texts, informal writing, or as a misspelling or vernacular variant. Some dialects or stylistic registers may show nonstandard vowel or consonant patterns, but tukevä is not recognized as a separate, normative word.

Etymology: Tukevä derives from the verb tukea, “to support,” with the adjectival suffix -va, which yields adjectives describing a quality. The standard form tukeva is used attributively ("tukeva rakennus") and predicatively ("Rakennus on tukeva").

Usage notes: When clarity and standard language are required, use tukeva. Tukevä is typically read as a misspelling or stylistic variant rather than independent vocabulary. If it appears in specialized texts (e.g., dialect studies) it may reflect regional pronunciation or orthographic conventions.

See also: tukeva, sturdiness, robustness, Finnish vocabulary.