to pack; to put things into a bag, box, or suitcase for carrying or storing; to wrap or package something (a gift, goods)
Building blocks
pakk- → root, from the noun pakk (a package, parcel, bundle)
-i- → verb-forming vowel (turns the noun into a verb)
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally pakkima means: “to make into a package”
How to use it
What to remember
Where you pack something into is in the Illative case (ending -sse, or the short illative)
Example
Vanaema pakib kingitused kaunisse paberisse
Literally: “Grandmother packs gifts beautiful-into paper-into”
Idiomatically: “Grandmother wraps the gifts in beautiful paper”
Vanaema – Noun – Nominative Singular: "Grandmother"
pakib – Verb – 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "packs / wraps"
kingitused – Noun – Nominative Plural (total object): "gifts"
kaunisse – Adjective – Illative Singular: "into beautiful"
paberisse – Noun – Illative Singular: "into paper"