-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) + -tumajäätuma (freeze (over))
    käima (go) + -tumakäituma (behave)
    käima (go) + -tumakäivituma (be triggered, started)
    muu (other) + -tumamuutuma (change)
    täis (full) + -tumatäituma (fill (up))

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -tuma
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