See also: elämä

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *elädäk. Cognate with Finnish elää.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelɑmɑ/, [ˈelɑmɑ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧la‧ma

Verb

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elama (da-infinitive elada)

  1. to live (to be alive, to exist)
  2. to live, inhabit

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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