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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish yllättää (with the suffix -tama) by Estonian poet Gustav Suits in 1907.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈylˑɑtɑmɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
- Hyphenation: ül‧la‧ta‧ma
Noun
üllatama (da-infinitive üllatada)
- (transitive, usually atelic) to surprise, to astonish
Laulja üllatas kogu publikut oma ingelliku häälega.- The singer surprised the whole audience with his/her angelic voice.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
üllatama (ÕS type
27/elama, no gradation)
Derived terms
References
- üllatama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “üllatama”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009