тамувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Polish tamować along with та́ма (táma) from tama. By surface analysis, та́ма (táma) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐmʊˈʋate]
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Verb

тамува́ти • (tamuvátyimpf (transitive)

  1. to hold back (to contain, to stop)
  2. to stem, to stanch, to suppress (to stop the flow of)
    тамува́ти кровtamuváty krovto stem/stanch the blood
  3. to stifle, to suppress (to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat)
    тамува́ти по́дихtamuváty pódyxto hold one's breath
  4. to stifle, to suppress (to prevent (something) from being revealed: emotion, feeling)
  5. to assuage, to keep at bay (:hunger)
  6. to quench (to satisfy: thirst)

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