puhkema

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puhkët'ak. Cognate with Finnish puhjeta and Votic puhgõtõ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuhkemɑ/, [ˈpuhkemɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uhkemɑ
  • Hyphenation: puh‧ke‧ma

Verb

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puhkema (da-infinitive puhkeda)

  1. (intransitive, about flowers, leaves, buds) to open
  2. (intransitive, about a tense, dangerous state) to break out
    Synonym: vallanduma

Conjugation

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References

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