niitma

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Estonian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *niittädäk.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈniːtmɑ/, [ˈnʲiːtmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iːtmɑ
  • Hyphenation: niit‧ma

Verb

[edit]

niitma (da-infinitive niita)

  1. (transitive) to mow
  2. (transitive, of illness) to mow down; to decimate
  3. (transitive) to cut, to shear (wool, fur, etc.)

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • niitma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • niitma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009