lebama

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lebäit'äk, cognate to Finnish levätä. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaną (compare Middle High German ge-liuwen (to rest)) or Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (to sleep) (compare Old English slæpan (to sleep)).

Originally a rarely-used dialectal word, but it was brought into the standard language in the example of Finnish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleb̥ɑmɑ/

Verb

lebama (da-infinitive lebada)

  1. to lie, to lie down

Conjugation

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