Kaudsõnana
Kaudsõnana is an Estonian grammatical term referring to a phrasal construction where the meaning of the whole phrase is not directly deducible from the meanings of its individual words. This concept is similar to idioms or figurative language in other languages, but kaudsõnana specifically describes a syntactic structure that functions as a single unit of meaning.
These constructions often arise from common metaphorical extensions of literal meanings. For example, a phrase that
Identifying and correctly interpreting kaudsõnana is important for both native speakers and learners of Estonian to