kuuluma

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Estonian

Etymology

The sense "to belong" is borrowed from Finnish kuulua (to belong), while the dialectal sense "to be heard" is inherited from Proto-Finnic *kuuludak.

Pronunciation

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Verb

kuuluma (da-infinitive kuuluda)

  1. to belong
  2. (dialectal) to be heard

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Further reading

  • kuuluma”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kuuluma”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kuuluma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)