kaduma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *katodak, from Proto-Uralic *kaďa-. Cognate with Finnish and Votic katoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑd̥umɑ/, [ˈkɑd̥umɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdumɑ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧du‧ma

Verb

kaduma (da-infinitive kaduda)

  1. (intransitive) to get lost (to end up or go somewhere unknown)
  2. (intransitive, due to some hindering factor) to disappear (to cease to be visible or audible)
  3. (intransitive) to get out (to visibly and quickly leave somewhere, from someone)
    Synonym: ära kaduma
  4. (intransitive) to be gone, to disappear
    • 1973, Kultuurileht, editor, Looming[1], page 1680:
      Ööbis tundras, aga hommikul oli juhtkoer kadunud.
      He spent the night in the tundra, but in the morning the guide dog was gone.
  5. (intransitive, of time) to run out (to pass quickly)
  6. (intransitive) to die, to pass away
    Synonym: ära kaduma

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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