Vocab: kallis - expensive
expensive; something that costs a lot of money; costly; high-maintenance; important and valuable; beloved; dear; precious
Building blocks
It’s derived from Proto-Finnic kallis (expensive; dear; precious).
The root word:
kall- → old Estonian root related to value, dearness, emotional closeness. For example, the same root is used in the phrase kallim (a loved one, boyfriend/girlfriend)
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “kallis” ⬇️
Examples
Vabadus on meie rahvale kallis väärtus
Literally: “Freedom is our people-onto valuable value”
Idiomatically: “Freedom is a valuable value to our people”
Vabadus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Freedom"
on - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "is"
meie - Pronoun - Genitive Plural: "our"
rahvale - Noun - Allative Singular: "to people"
kallis - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "valuable"
väärtus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "value"