suutma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suuttadak. Cognate with Finnish suuttaa, Karelian suittua (“to save, to collect”), and Livonian sõitõ (“to be able to”). Possibly an old derivation from suu (“mouth”).

Verb

suutma (da-infinitive suuta)

  1. to be able to, to have the energy to do something

Conjugation

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