lõtv

From Proto-Finnic *lëtva, probably a sound-symbolic stem. The term has been compared to dialectally attested Finnish letveikkö (“bog, marsh”), letvakka (“limp, loose, flaccid”) and lelvä (“swamp, marsh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɤtv/,

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• Rhymes: -ɤtv
• Hyphenation: lõtv

lõtv (genitive lõdva, partitive lõtva, comparative lõdvem, superlative kõige lõdvem or lõdvim)

1. limp, lax, flabby, flaccid (free of bodily tension)

   end ~ ennast lõdvaks laskma ― to relax, to let (yourself) loose

2. loose, floppy, unconstrained

   ohje lõdvaks laskma (idiomatic) ― to loosen the reins

3. (negative tone) (too) easy, loose, relaxed, careless (with little self-control)

   lõdva (püksi)kummiga (more often of a woman) ― consenting to have sex with many strangers (literally, “with a loose waistband”)

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