Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From German kleben (to glue, to stick). The loan has adapted into consonant gradation, the weak grade forms of the verb (kleebin etc.) correspond directly to the source language. It's also possible that the stem kleep- was borrowed earlier (from German Kleb-, seen in e.g. the compound Klebstoff (adhesive)), and this term was then later derived from that stem.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkleːpimɑ/, [ˈkleːpːimɑ]
  • Rhymes: -eːpimɑ
  • Hyphenation: klee‧pi‧ma

Verb edit

kleepima (da-infinitive kleepida)

  1. (transitive) to glue; to stick
  2. (computing) to paste
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) to stick
    Synonym: kleepuma

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References edit

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