Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nülkedäk. Cognate Finnish nylkeä and Votic nültšiä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnylʲɡ̊imɑ/, [ˈnylʲɡ̊imɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ylʲɡimɑ
  • Hyphenation: nül‧gi‧ma

Verb

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nülgima (da-infinitive nülgida)

  1. (transitive) to skin, skin off (to separate the skin from the body of an animal)
    Synonym: (rare) nahastama
    Bioloogiaringis nülgis ta konni.
    In biology class, he skinned frogs.

Conjugation

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References

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