Estonian

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Etymology

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all +‎ -stuma

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlistumɑ/, [ˈɑlʲisˌtumɑ]
  • Hyphenation: alis‧tu‧ma

Verb

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alistuma (da-infinitive alistuda)

  1. (intransitive) to submit, to give in, to give up (to give up resistance) [with allative ‘to’]
    Synonym: alla andma
  2. (intransitive) to give in to someone's wishes
  3. (usually in the present participles, grammar, of a clause) to be subordinate to

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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