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Estonian
Etymology
uni (“sleep”) + näg- (“to see”) + -u
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuneˌnæɡ̊u/,
- Rhymes: -æɡu
- Hyphenation: une‧nä‧gu
Noun
unenägu (genitive unenäo, partitive unenägu)
- dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
- Hyponyms: košmaar, luupainaja
- Viimasel ajal häirivad mind halvad unenäod. ― Lately I've been having bad dreams.
1920, Friedebert Tuglas, Liivakell II (Teoksed; 2), 2nd edition, Tartu: Noor-Eesti, →ISBN, page 35:„Ärge peatage mind! Laske mind minna! Sest mis saaksite teie minust? Mina ei ole tõeline, mina olen viirastus, mina olen unenägu ja ettekujutus. Minu osa elus on olnud ainult näida ja mitte olla. See on olnud luule ja fantaasia. […]- "Don't stop me! Let me go! For what would you make of me? I am not real, I am an illusion, I am a dream and an imagination. My part in life has been only to appear and not to be. It has been poetry and fantasy.
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References
- unenägu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “unenägu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009