meenuma

Estonian

Etymology

Coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in 1930. Likely influenced by meelde tulema and Latin mēns.

Verb

meenuma (da-infinitive meenuda)

  1. to remember; to recall from one's memory
    Mulle ei meenu ta nimi.
    I don't remember his name.

Usage notes

Like meeldima, the semantic subject is in the allative and the semantic object is in the nominative.

Conjugation