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-lema
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lema
Estonian
Etymology
From et urj-fin-pro *-ldak.
Suffix
1 -leda
Derives verbs, sometimes causing changes in the stem.
et tegema to do → et tegelema to deal with something, to do
et vedama to carry → et vedelema to lay around doing nothing
et ajama to drive → et aelema to lounge
et jutt story → et ütlema to say
et ostma to buy → et ostlema to shop (frequentative)
Inflection
-le
-
Derived terms
et