kohtumis

Kohtumis is a term associated with the Estonian noun kohtaumine, meaning a meeting or encounter. It is not commonly treated as an independent dictionary lemma in standard references; instead, it appears as a stem or inflected form within the broader word family built from kohtumine, and in fixed expressions derived from that noun.

Etymology and morphology: The base verb kohtuma means “to meet,” and its related noun kohtumine denotes the event of meeting. The form that resembles kohtumis occurs as part of inflectional and derivational patterns around the word kohtumine. In ordinary usage, the most common standalone forms you would encounter are kohtumine (the meeting) and its standard inflected variants such as kohtumise (genitive) and kohtumist (partitive). The specific string kohtumis can thus be understood as a functional stem used in certain constructions rather than a separate lexical entry.

Usage and examples: Kohtumis appears chiefly in compounds and phrases formed from kohtumine. Examples include phrases describing aspects of a meeting or encounter, such as phrases meaning “the day of the meeting,” “the end of the meeting,” or “until we meet again” when extended in context. In everyday Estonian, speakers would typically rely on the more common forms kohtumine or kohtumise rather than a stand-alone use of kohtumis.

See also: kohtumine, kohtuma, kohtumiseni, kohtumispaik.

Notes: For learners, it is helpful to recognize kohtumis as a morphological variant tied to the word kohtumine, rather than as a separate dictionary headword.