lõhnama

Estonian

Etymology

lõhn +‎ -ma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɤhnɑmɑ/, [ˈlɤhnɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɤhnɑmɑ
  • Hyphenation: lõh‧na‧ma

Verb

lõhnama (da-infinitive lõhnata)

  1. (intransitive) to smell (to spread some kind of smell, to have some kind of smell)
    Sinu parfüüm lõhnab nagu lilled.
    Your perfume smells like flowers.
  2. (intransitive) to reek of (to have features, characteristics of something, to indicate the possibility of something) [with järele (+ genitive)]
    Near-synonyms: haisema, lehkama
    Teie kohalolek lõhnab segaduse järele.
    Your presence reeks of confusion.

Conjugation

References

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