Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From kõne (speech) +‎ -lema.

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

kõnelema (da-infinitive kõnelda or kõneleda)

  1. to speak, to talk
    Synonym: rääkima

Inflection edit

Further reading edit

  • kõnelema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kõnelema”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kõnelema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)