öökima

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *öökkidäk. Compare Votic öötšütellä (hiccup, burp) (Mati), Finnish yökätä, Livvi yökkiä. Cognates might also include Eastern Mari ӱгынчаш (ügynčaš, hiccup), Udmurt вукпотыны (vukpotyny, nauseate, make someone puke), Komi-Zyrian вӧк (vök, disgust, nastiness, noun) and Hungarian öklendezik (barf, burp).

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøːkimɑ/, [ˈøːkːimɑ]
  • Rhymes: -øːkimɑ
  • Hyphenation: öö‧ki‧ma

Verb

öökima (da-infinitive öökida)

  1. (intransitive) to barf, retch, keck, vomit, throw up
    Isegi vee nägemine ajas mind öökima.
    Even seeing water made me want to throw up.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • öögatama
  • öögatus
  • öök

References