maksma

From Proto-Finnic *maksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *maksa-. Cognate with Finnish maksaa and Votic mahsa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑksmɑ/, [ˈmɑksmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑksmɑ
• Hyphenation: maks‧ma

maksma (da-infinitive maksta)

1. (transitive) to pay (to give money for work done, a service, goods received, etc.) [with allative ‘to whom’ or eest (+ genitive) ‘for what’]

   Synonyms: (colloquial) plekkima, tasuma

   Ülemus pole veel oma töötajatele palka maksnud.

   The boss has not yet paid his employees' salaries.

2. (intransitive) to cost (to have a certain price, to be worth a certain amount of money)

   See raamat maksab 80 eurot.

   This book costs 80 euros.

3. (ambitransitive) to cost, to pay with (to cause the loss of something) [with allative ‘to whom’ or comitative ‘with what’]

   Minu vead võivad maksta mulle vallandamise.

   My mistakes could cost me my dismissal.

   Ta tegi vea ja maksis oma eluga.

   He made a mistake and paid with his life.

4. (impersonal) to be needed

   Asjaga ei maksa kiirustada.

   There's no need to rush things.

5. (intransitive) to apply, to come into effect, to come into force

   Uus seadus, mille president heaks kiitis, maksab järgmisel kuul.

   The new law that the president approved comes into force next month.

6. (intransitive) to cost (to be weighty, valuable, or valuable, to have importance or influence)

   Tühi jutt ei maksa midagi.

   Empty talk costs nothing.

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