lülitan

Lülitan is the first-person singular present tense form of the Estonian verb lülitama, meaning to switch on, turn on, or activate. It is used to describe the act of enabling a device or function by the speaker. In everyday Estonian, lülitan is commonly combined with a device and with particles such as sisse to specify turning on, for example: Ma lülitan televiisori sisse (I am turning on the television).

The form belongs to standard Estonian verb conjugation and has corresponding forms for other persons and tenses. Examples include lülitad (you turn on), lülitab (he/she/it turns on), lülitame (we turn on), lülitate (you turn on, plural or formal), and lülitavad (they turn on). Past tense forms include lülitasin (I turned on) and lülitasite (you turned on). The root comes from the verb lülitama, a common word for switching or activating mechanisms.

Usage notes: lülitamay be used in electronics, computing, appliances, and software contexts to describe the action of enabling a function or device. It is also compatible with other particles to specify direction or scope of the action, such as sisse (on) or välja (off) when discussing turning devices off. While primarily an Estonian term, its presence signals basic concepts of control and activation in technology-related discourse.