haarama

Estonian

Etymology

haar +‎ -ma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑːrɑmɑ/, [ˈ(h)ɑːrɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: haa‧ra‧ma

Verb

haarama (da-infinitive haarata)

  1. (transitive) to grab (to seize something with one's hand in a quick, abrupt movement, to take possession of it)
    Synonym: kahmama
  2. (transitive, about a state of feeling) to captivate, to seize (to take someone completely under one's control and keep them in it)
  3. (transitive) to seize (to take or obtain control, management of something)
  4. (transitive) to engulf (to encompass something physically, to take it under oneself)

Conjugation

References

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