-tsema

See also: tsema and tse-ma

Estonian

Etymology

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Suffix

-tsema (da-infinitive -tseda)

  1. Forms frequentative verbs.
    tegema (“to do”) → tegutsema (“to act, to do (frequently)”)
    nokkima (“to peck”) → nokitsema (“to peck on something (frequently), to work on something, to tinker”)

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -tsema
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