tikk

Estonian

tikk

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sticka or Middle Low German sticke. Compare Finnish tikku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtikː/, [ˈtʲikː]

Noun

tikk (genitive tiku, partitive tikku)

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonym: tuletikk

2. small, sharp stick

Declension

Declension of tikk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tikk	tikud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tiku
genitive			tikkude
partitive		tikku	tikke tikkusid
illative		tikku tikusse	tikkudesse tikesse
inessive		tikus	tikkudes tikes
elative		tikust	tikkudest tikest
allative		tikule	tikkudele tikele
adessive		tikul	tikkudel tikel
ablative		tikult	tikkudelt tikelt
translative		tikuks	tikkudeks tikeks
terminative		tikuni	tikkudeni
essive		tikuna	tikkudena
abessive		tikuta	tikkudeta
comitative		tikuga	tikkudega

Further reading

• “tikk”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “tikk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tikk”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• tikk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka and Veps tik.

Noun

tikk

1. woodpecker

References

• Miikul Pahomov (2016) “tikk”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка‎^[1]