selmet
Estonian
editEtymology
editA contraction of selle asemel et. Created in the 1930s as an artificial stem. See see, ase, and et
Adverb
editselmet (not comparable)
Usage notes
editselmet (and by extension, selle asemel et) is mostly followed by a -da infinitive or a verb in the conditional. (either directly after it or not)