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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *käcittädäk. Equivalent to käsi + -tama. Cognate with Finnish käsittää and Votic tšäzittä.
Pronunciation
Verb
käsitama (da-infinitive käsitada)
- (transitive, usually atelic) to understand, to comprehend, to interpret
- (transitive, usually atelic) to apply, to implement
Conjugation
Conjugation of
käsitama (ÕS type
27/elama, no gradation)
Derived terms
References
- käsitama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “käsitama”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009