muutti

Muutti is a form of the Finnish verb muuttaa, which means to move or to change. Specifically, muutti is the third-person singular past tense, used to describe a completed relocation or change by a subject. For example: Hän muutti kaupungista toiseen. In Finnish conjugation, muutti agrees with the subject in person and number and appears in past-tense clauses without requiring an auxiliary verb.

The verb muuttaa has several related forms. The infinitive muuttaa, the noun muutos meaning “change,” and related present and non-finite forms such as muuttuu (is changing) and muuttaminen (moving or changing) all derive from the same root. The past tense form muutti is one of several past-tense variants used to express completed actions in time.

Muutti is also encountered as a Finnish surname, typically capitalized as Muutti. It is relatively uncommon and may appear in historical or contemporary records as a family name. In that use, it has no direct semantic relation to the verb form beyond sharing the same lexical root.

Phonology and orthography: muutti is pronounced with a long u, approximately [ˈmuːtti], and follows standard Finnish stress pattern, with primary stress on the first syllable. Etymologically, the verb muuttaa belongs to a broad Finnish family centered on notions of movement and change, giving rise to related nouns and adjectives such as muutos and muuttuva.