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armastama

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *armastadak. Cognate with Finnish armastaa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrmɑstɑmɑ/, [ˈɑrmɑsˌtɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧mas‧ta‧ma

Verb

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armastama (da-infinitive armastada)

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to love (to feel love for someone or something)
    Ma armastan sind.
    I love you.
  2. (intransitive, rare) to make love
    Synonym: armatsema
  3. (transitive, usually atelic) to prefer [with allative ‘to’]
    Synonym: eelistama
    Armastan piima kohvile.
    I prefer milk to coffee.
  4. (transitive) to love (to do something willingly)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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