vundament

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentum, via German Fundament.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvund̥ɑmenʲt/, [ˈvund̥ɑmenʲtˑ]
• Rhymes: -enʲt
• Hyphenation: vun‧da‧ment

Noun

vundament (genitive vundamendi, partitive vundamenti)

1. (architecture) foundation (the lowest part of a building through which the building rests on the ground)

   Homme hakatakse vundamenti valama.

   The foundation will be cast tomorrow.

   Vanade hoonete vundamentidele ehitati uued majad.

   New houses were built on the foundations of old buildings.

2. (figuratively) base, basis, foundation

   Noored tahavad oma elu kindlale vundamendile rajada.

   Young people want to build their lives on a solid foundation.

   Kool peab andma tugeva teadmiste vundamendi.

   The school must provide a strong foundation of knowledge.

Declension

Declension of vundament (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vundament	vundamendid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vundamendi
genitive			vundamentide
partitive		vundamenti	vundamente vundamentisid
illative		vundamenti vundamendisse	vundamentidesse vundamendesse
inessive		vundamendis	vundamentides vundamendes
elative		vundamendist	vundamentidest vundamendest
allative		vundamendile	vundamentidele vundamendele
adessive		vundamendil	vundamentidel vundamendel
ablative		vundamendilt	vundamentidelt vundamendelt
translative		vundamendiks	vundamentideks vundamendeks
terminative		vundamendini	vundamentideni
essive		vundamendina	vundamentidena
abessive		vundamendita	vundamentideta
comitative		vundamendiga	vundamentidega

Compounds

• betoonvundament
• kivivundament
• lintvundament
• majavundament
• masinavundament
• plaatvundament
• postvundament
• raudbetoonvundament
• seadmevundament
• teevundament
• vaivundament

 

References

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