käärima

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Estonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæːrimɑ/, [ˈkæːrimɑ]
  • Rhymes: -æːrimɑ
  • Hyphenation: kää‧ri‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

Derived from Middle Low German geren.

Verb[edit]

käärima (da-infinitive käärida)

  1. (intransitive) to ferment
    Synonym: fermenteeruma
    Kööginurgas käärib selle suve esimene koduvein.
    The first house wine of the summer is fermenting in the kitchen corner.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kääridäk, probably from Proto-Uralic *käre-. Cognates include Finnish and Ingrian kääriä, Votic tšääriä, Livvi kiärie, Ludian kiär'idä, Veps kärdä; also Ter Sami [Term?] (kīr̜r̜eᵈ).

Verb[edit]

käärima (da-infinitive käärida)

  1. (transitive) to sheave (fabric), to skein
  2. (transitive) to wrap, to roll; to tuck up, to roll up or down (e.g. one's sleeves)
    • 2007 [1862], Gustave Flaubert, chapter I, in Andrus Saareste, transl., Salambo, 3rd edition (novel), Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, translation of Salammbô (in French), →ISBN:
      Lagipähe kääritud pikkade juustega gallialased kiskusid üksteise käest vesimeloneid []
      The Gauls with their long hair drawn up on the crown of the head, snatched at the water-melons []
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References[edit]

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

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