kajaks

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Estonian

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Noun

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kajaks

  1. translative singular of kaja

Latvian

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Kajaks

Etymology

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Apparently borrowed from Estonian kajakas (seagull), dialectal kajak, but, given Latvian kaija (seagull), and since ak is a formative element often found in Indo-European animal names, Latvian kajaks may have been the original word and Estonian kajakas the borrowing.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kajaks m (1st declension)

  1. common gull, also known as mew gull (Larus canus).
    kajaku brēcienicommon gull cries, squawks
    mazāk pie mums Latvijā ligzdo kajaks, un tam līdzīgā, krietni prāvākā sudrabkaijaless (often) the common gull nests by us in Latvia, and also the similar, (but) much larger, silver gull

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kaija”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Swedish

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Noun

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kajaks

  1. indefinite genitive singular of kajak