säilitama

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish säilyttää, with -tama suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæi̯litɑmɑ/,
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Verb

säilitama (da-infinitive säilitada)

  1. (transitive) to conserve, to keep, to preserve (maintain the condition of)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ säilima”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Further reading

  • säilitama”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • säilitama”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • säilitama”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • säilitama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)