selmet
Estonian
Etymology
A contraction of selle asemel et. Created in the 1930s as an artificial stem. See see, ase, and et
Adverb
selmet
- (dated, uncommon) instead of
Usage notes
selmet (and by extension, selle asemel et) is mostly followed by a -da infinitive or a verb in the conditional. (either directly after it or not)
Related terms
- see
- ase
- et