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Estonian
Etymology
From kiha-, a sound-symbolic root. Akin to Finnish kihistä.
Pronunciation
Verb
kihisema (da-infinitive kihiseda)
- (intransitive) to sizzle, hiss; to bubble
- Klaasides kihiseb šampanja. ― Champagne is bubbling in the glasses.
- Kraavi põhjas oli kihisev muda. ― There was a bubbling layer of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
- Elektripliidil kihises kohvivesi. ― Coffee water was sizzling on the electric stove.
- (intransitive) to swarm, pullulate; to teem, crawl with
- Synonym: kihama
- Kärbseparv kihises solgiaugu kohal. ― Flies were swarming over the sinkhole.
- Rahutu rahvahulk kihiseb nagu sipelgapesa. ― An unruly crowd swarms like an anthill.
- Jõed kihisesid kaladest. ― The rivers were teeming with fish.
- (intransitive, figurative, of emotions) to seethe, boil; to rage
- Synonym: kihama
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kihisema (ÕS type
27/elama, no gradation)
Synonyms
- (to swarm; to crawl with): kihama
- (to seethe, boil (of emotions)): kihama
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- kihisema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “kihisema”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009