pühkima

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pühkidäk.

Pronunciation

Verb

pühkima (da-infinitive pühkida)

  1. (colloquial) to scurry, to dash, to race, to tear along
  2. to brush off, to sweep off, to wipe off
  3. to wipe, to wipe down

Conjugation

Further reading

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