üllatama

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish yllättää (with the suffix -tama) by by Estonian poet Gustav Suits in 1907.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈylˑɑtɑmɑ/, [ˈylˑɑt̚ˌtɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: ül‧la‧ta‧ma

Noun

üllatama (da-infinitive üllatada)

  1. (transitive, usually atelic) to surprise, to astonish
    Laulja üllatas kogu publikut oma ingelliku häälega.
    The singer surprised the whole audience with his/her angelic voice.

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References

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