to listen (to) · to listen in, eavesdrop (to listen to a conversation one is not supposed to hear; often with salaa (“secretly”))
çekim: geçmiş kuunnellut · şimdiki kuuntelee · ulaç kuunteleva
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kundëldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kontale- (compare Hungarian hall). The long vowel -uu- is by contamination with kuullella, kuulla. May also be related to Erzya кундамс (kundams, “catch”) and/or кунсоломс (kunsoloms, “listen”) to some extent.