kerjama

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kerjät'äk. Cognate with Finnish kerjätä.

Pronunciation

Verb

kerjama (da-infinitive kerjata)

  1. (transitive) to beg (for alms, food, money, etc.)
    Synonym: santima
  2. (transitive) to ask, beg (to request or beg for something humbly)

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References

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