Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kerjät'äk. Cognate with Finnish kerjätä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkerjɑmɑ/, [ˈkerjɑ̈mɑ]
  • Rhymes: -erjɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: ker‧ja‧ma

Verb

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kerjama (da-infinitive kerjata)

  1. (transitive) to beg (for alms, food, money, etc.)
    Synonym: santima
  2. (transitive) to ask, beg (to request or beg for something humbly)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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