sundima

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *sǫditi (“to judge”), from both *sǫdì (“a judge”), from Proto-Indo-European *som-dʰh₁-ih₂, from *som- + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”) + *-ih₂, from *-h₂ (“creates collective nouns”), and from Proto-Indo-European *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti, from *-yeti (“creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsund̥imɑ/, [ˈsund̥ʲimɑ]

• Rhymes: -undimɑ
• Hyphenation: sun‧di‧ma

sundima (da-infinitive sundida)

1. (transitive) to force (to compel someone or something to do something)

   sundisin end ärkama

   I forced myself to wake up

2. (transitive) to force (to drive something by force; to cause something to occur)

   vigastus sundis Barutot võistlust katkestama

   the injury forced Baruto to retire from the race

   hirm sundis tegutsema

   fear forced action

• “sundima”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• sundima in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)