kajak
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kajak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq) or Greenlandic qajaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkajak]
- Hyphenation: ka‧jak
Noun
kajak m inan (relational adjective kajakový)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- kánoe f
Further reading
- “kajak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kajak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kajak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Verb
kajak c (singular definite kajakken, plural indefinite kajakker)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kajak | kajakken | kajakker | kajakkerne |
| genitive | kajaks | kajakkens | kajakkers | kajakkernes |
References
- “kajak” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
kajak m (plural kajaks or kajakken, diminutive kajakje n)
Hungarian
Etymology
Internationalism[1][2] based on Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒjɒk]
- Hyphenation: ka‧jak
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun
kajak (plural kajakok)
- kayak (a type of small boat)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kajak | kajakok |
| accusative | kajakot | kajakokat |
| dative | kajaknak | kajakoknak |
| instrumental | kajakkal | kajakokkal |
| causal-final | kajakért | kajakokért |
| translative | kajakká | kajakokká |
| terminative | kajakig | kajakokig |
| essive-formal | kajakként | kajakokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kajakban | kajakokban |
| superessive | kajakon | kajakokon |
| adessive | kajaknál | kajakoknál |
| illative | kajakba | kajakokba |
| sublative | kajakra | kajakokra |
| allative | kajakhoz | kajakokhoz |
| elative | kajakból | kajakokból |
| delative | kajakról | kajakokról |
| ablative | kajaktól | kajakoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kajaké | kajakoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kajakéi | kajakokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kajakom | kajakjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kajakod | kajakjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kajakja | kajakjai |
| 1st person plural | kajakunk | kajakjaink |
| 2nd person plural | kajakotok | kajakjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kajakjuk | kajakjaik |
Derived terms
- kajakos
- kajakozik
- kajakbajnok
- kajakbajnokság
- kajakválogatott
- kajakverseny
- portyakajak
- túrakajak
References
- ^ kajak in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ kajak in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- kajak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰaiːjaːk/
Noun
kajak m (genitive singular kajaks, nominative plural kajakar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kajak | kajakinn | kajakar | kajakarnir |
| accusative | kajak | kajakinn | kajaka | kajakana |
| dative | kajak | kajaknum | kajökum | kajökunum |
| genitive | kajaks | kajaksins | kajaka | kajakanna |
Polish
Etymology
From Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) or Greenlandic qajaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.jak/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ajak
- Syllabification: ka‧jak
Noun
kajak m inan (diminutive kajaczek)
Declension
Derived terms
- kajakować
Related terms
- kajakarski
Further reading
- kajak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kajak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâjaːk/
- Hyphenation: ka‧jak
- Rhymes: -jaːk
Noun
kȁjāk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ја̄к)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kȁjāk | kȁjāci |
| genitive | kajaka | kajaka |
| dative | kajaku | kajacima |
| accusative | kajak | kajake |
| vocative | kajače | kajaci |
| locative | kajaku | kajacima |
| instrumental | kajakom | kajacima |
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) or Greenlandic qajaq. See kayak for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkajak]
Noun
kajak m inan (relational adjective kajakový)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kajak | kajaky |
| genitive | kajaka | kajakov |
| dative | kajaku | kajakom |
| accusative | kajak | kajaky |
| locative | kajaku | kajakoch |
| instrumental | kajakom | kajakmi |
Further reading
- “kajak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /káːjak/
Noun
kȃjak m inan
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kájak | ||
| gen. sing. | kájaka | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kájak | kájaka | kájaki |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kájaka | kájakov | kájakov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
kájaku | kájakoma | kájakom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kájak | kájaka | kájake |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kájaku | kájakih | kájakih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kájakom | kájakoma | kájaki |
Swedish
Etymology
From French kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈjɑːk/
Noun
kajak c
- a kayak
- Vi älskar att paddla kajak
- We love kayaking ("love to paddle kayak" – idiomatic)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kajak | kajaks |
| definite | kajaken | kajakens | |
| plural | indefinite | kajaker | kajakers |
| definite | kajakerna | kajakernas |