-tuma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-tudak. Cognate with Finnish -tua.

Suffix

-tuma (da-infinitive -tuda)

  1. Forms inchoative, passive and middle intransitive verbs meaning "becoming" or "making into".; -en, -fy
    ‎jää (“ice”) + ‎-tuma → ‎jäätuma (“freeze (over)”)
    ‎käima (“go”) + ‎-tuma → ‎käituma (“behave”)
    ‎käima (“go”) + ‎-tuma → ‎käivituma (“be triggered, started”)
    ‎muu (“other”) + ‎-tuma → ‎muutuma (“change”)
    ‎täis (“full”) + ‎-tuma → ‎täituma (“fill (up)”)

Inflection

Derived terms

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