seljaaju

Estonian

Etymology

selg (“back”) +‎ aju (“brain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseljɑˌɑju/, [ˈselʲjɑ̈ˌɑ̈jü]
• Rhymes: -ɑju
• Hyphenation: sel‧ja‧a‧ju

Noun

seljaaju (genitive seljaaju, partitive seljaaju)

1. (anatomy) spinal cord

Declension

Declension of seljaaju (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		seljaaju	seljaajud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	seljaaju
genitive			seljaajude
partitive		seljaaju	seljaajusid
illative		seljaaju seljaajusse	seljaajudesse
inessive		seljaajus	seljaajudes
elative		seljaajust	seljaajudest
allative		seljaajule	seljaajudele
adessive		seljaajul	seljaajudel
ablative		seljaajult	seljaajudelt
translative		seljaajuks	seljaajudeks
terminative		seljaajuni	seljaajudeni
essive		seljaajuna	seljaajudena
abessive		seljaajuta	seljaajudeta
comitative		seljaajuga	seljaajudega

References

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