Estonian

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Etymology

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kari-stama

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑristɑmɑ/, [ˈkɑrisˌtɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ris‧ta‧ma

Verb

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karistama (da-infinitive karistada)

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to punish [with (genitive ) eest ‘for’ and comitative ‘with, how’]
    Õpetaja karistas õpilast halva käitumise eest.The teacher punished the student for misbehaving.
  2. (dialectal) to warn, to scold

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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