puuk

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See also: p’u’uk

Estonian

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Etymology

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Possibly from puu (tree). Cognate with dialectal Finnish puukki, Ingrian puukki and Votic puukki.

Noun

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puuk (genitive puugi, partitive puuki)

  1. tick (arachnid)

Declension

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Declension of puuk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative puuk puugid
accusative nom.
gen. puugi
genitive puukide
partitive puuki puuke
puukisid
illative puuki
puugisse
puukidesse
puugesse
inessive puugis puukides
puuges
elative puugist puukidest
puugest
allative puugile puukidele
puugele
adessive puugil puukidel
puugel
ablative puugilt puukidelt
puugelt
translative puugiks puukideks
puugeks
terminative puugini puukideni
essive puugina puukidena
abessive puugita puukideta
comitative puugiga puukidega

Further reading

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  • puuk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • puuk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012