kajakas

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kajaga. Cognate with Finnish kajava and Northern Sami gádjit. See also Latvian kajaks and kaija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑjɑkɑs/, [ˈkɑ̈jɑ̈kˑɑs]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ja‧kas

Noun

kajakas (genitive kajaka, partitive kajakat)

  1. gull (seabird)

Declension

Declension of kajakas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kajakas kajakad
accusative nom.
gen. kajaka
genitive kajakate
partitive kajakat kajakaid
illative kajakasse kajakatesse
kajakaisse
inessive kajakas kajakates
kajakais
elative kajakast kajakatest
kajakaist
allative kajakale kajakatele
kajakaile
adessive kajakal kajakatel
kajakail
ablative kajakalt kajakatelt
kajakailt
translative kajakaks kajakateks
kajakaiks
terminative kajakani kajakateni
essive kajakana kajakatena
abessive kajakata kajakateta
comitative kajakaga kajakatega

Compounds

References

  • kajakas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • kajakas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009