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Estonian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic stem + -ima. Related to Finnish raapia, raappia, Votic kraappia, Karelian roapie. Lilely influenced by Middle Low German schrapen. First attested in 1660.
Pronunciation
Verb
kraapima (da-infinitive kraapida)
- (transitive) to scratch, to scrape, to grate (to repeatedly drag a surface with nails, hands or a sharp, rough object)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kraapima (ÕS type
28/õppima,
p-b gradation)
Derived terms
Compound nouns
Compound verbs
References
- kraapima in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “kraapima”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009