nokkima

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nokkidak, from nokk (beak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnokːimɑ/, [ˈnokːimɑ]
  • Rhymes: -okːimɑ
  • Hyphenation: nok‧ki‧ma

Verb

nokkima (da-infinitive nokkida)

  1. to peck; to pick (to take food with a beak (by poking or tearing))
  2. to pick; to do something little by little
  3. to poke fun at, to tease jokingly

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nokitsema

References

  • nokkima in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • nokkima”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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