kakattua

Karelian

Regional variants of kakattua

North Karelian (Viena)	kakattua
South Karelian (Tver)	kakattua

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaak'attadak, of onomatopoeic origin, with an irregular shortening of the initial vowel.

Cognates include Finnish kaakattaa and Veps kakatada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkɑtːuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: ka‧kat‧tua

Verb

kakattua

1. (intransitive) to cackle (make the sound of a chicken)

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kakattua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kakattoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “кудахтать”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN