heräsi
Heräsi is the third-person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb herätä, meaning to wake up or to become awake. The verb herätä is used for waking from sleep, regaining consciousness, or becoming alert, and it can also be used figuratively to describe the emergence of interest, feelings, or opportunities.
In ordinary narration, you might say: Hän heräsi aikaisin. “He/she woke up early.” In a figurative sense:
Heräsi is specifically the past tense form used with a third-person subject. Other common forms include present
Herätä belongs to a core set of Finnish verbs with broad usage for both literal and figurative