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gaika

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Ingrian

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Gaika.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian гайка (gajka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaika

  1. nut (on a screw)
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
      Mont bolttaa? Mont gaikaa?
      How many bolts? How many nuts?

Declension

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Declension of gaika (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gaika gaikat
genitive gaikan gaikoin
partitive gaikaa gaikoja
illative gaikaa gaikoi
inessive gaikaas gaikois
elative gaikast gaikoist
allative gaikalle gaikoille
adessive gaikaal gaikoil
ablative gaikalt gaikoilt
translative gaikaks gaikoiks
essive gaikanna, gaikaan gaikoinna, gaikoin
exessive1) gaikant gaikoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

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