Tekitamises

Tekitamises is an Estonian grammatical form referring to the inessive case of the noun tekitamine, which denotes the act or process of causing, generating, or creating something. The base verb tekitama means to cause or to create, and tekitamine is the noun form meaning the act of creation or production. Tekitamises translates roughly as “in the making” or “in the act of creating/producing” and is used to indicate activity within a process or involvement in a production.

In practice, tekitamises is used to describe where something occurs or who is involved in a process. It is common in formal or technical writing to discuss stages of development, workflows, or collaborative efforts. For example, phrases like “projekti tekitamises osalevad erinevad osapooled” convey that different parties participate in the creation of the project, and “uuringu tekitamises osalesid teadlased” indicates scientists participated in the making of the study. The construction is typically combined with verbs that express participation, responsibility, or development, such as osalema (to participate), vastutama (to be responsible for), or arendama (to develop).

Origin and related terms: tekitamine derives from tekitama with the nominalizing suffix -mine, and tekitamises is the inessive form used to indicate ongoing activity within a process. Related terms include tekitamine (the act of causing/creating), tekitaja (the cause or maker), and tekitus (a related noun referring to making or creation).

See also: tekitamine, tekitaja, tekitus.