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käima

Pronunciation: /ˈkæi̯mɑ/

“käima” is an Estonian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to walk
  2. to go (habitually, regularly)
  3. to move, to go (not by walking)
  4. to move, to make a move
  5. to work, to run (for machines)
  6. to happen, to occur, to go on
  7. to date (governs the comitative)
  8. to be suitable, to fit, to last, to work
  9. to concern, to do with (governs genitive together with kohta)
  10. to go along with something, to go with

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käüdäk. Cognate with Finnish käydä.

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