vastama

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vastat'ak. Equivalent to vast +‎ -ma. Cognate with Finnish vastata and Votic vasatõ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑstɑmɑ/, [ˈvɑstɑmɑ] Rhymes: -ɑstɑmɑ Hyphenation: vas‧ta‧ma === Verb === vastama (da-infinitive vastata) (transitive) to answer, to respond (to say something or react in some other way to a question, suggestion, opinion, etc.) [with allative ‘to’ or comitative ‘with’] (transitive) to respond (to send one's own letter, message in response to a letter, message, etc.) [with allative ‘to’] (transitive) to respond (to respond to an action with one's own action) [with allative ‘to’ or comitative ‘with’] (transitive, about feeling unrequited love) to reciprocate [with allative] (transitive) to suit (to be in accordance with something, to be suitable for something) [with allative] ==== Conjugation ==== === References === vastama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “vastama”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009