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

• kalakajakas
• tõmmukajakas

References

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