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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish säilyttää,[1] with -tama suffix.
Pronunciation
Verb
säilitama (da-infinitive säilitada)
- (transitive) to conserve, to keep, to preserve (maintain the condition of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
säilitama (ÕS type
27/elama, no gradation)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “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)