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Estonian
Etymology
all + -stuma
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlistumɑ/,
- Hyphenation: alis‧tu‧ma
Verb
alistuma (da-infinitive alistuda)
- (intransitive) to submit, to give in, to give up (to give up resistance)
- Synonym: alla andma
- (intransitive) to give in to someone's wishes
- (usually in the present participles, grammar, of a clause) to be subordinate to
Conjugation
Conjugation of
alistuma (ÕS type
27/elama, no gradation)
Derived terms
References
- alistuma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “alistuma”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009