to tolerate; to endure; to bear; to stand; to withstand; to put up with something unpleasant (pain, cold, noise, a person) without giving in; (about plants, materials:) to hold up against heat, cold or pressure
Building blocks
talu- → root meaning “bear/endure”
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally taluma means: “to bear (it)”
How to use it
What to remember
What you tolerate or endure is in the Partitive case (third base form)
Example
Õde talub vürtsikat toitu paremini kui isa
Literally: “Sister tolerates spicy food better than father”
Idiomatically: “My sister handles spicy food better than dad does”
Õde – Noun – Nominative Singular: "sister"
talub – Verb – 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "tolerates"
vürtsikat – Adjective – Partitive Singular: "spicy"
toitu – Noun – Partitive Singular: "food"
paremini – Adverb – Comparative: "better"
kui – Conjunction – Indeclinable: "than"
isa – Noun – Nominative Singular: "father/dad"