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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (boat, oar). Compare Azerbaijani qayıq (boat), Crimean Tatar qayıq (boat), Kyrgyz кайык (kayık, boat), Southern Altai кайык (kayïk, oar), Turkmen kayık (boat), Uzbek qayiq (boat). Doublet of каи́к (kaík).

Noun edit

каю́к (kajúkm inan (genitive каюка́, nominative plural каюки́, genitive plural каюко́в)

  1. (archaic, nautical) caïque
    Synonym: каи́к (kaík)
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from a Turkic language.

Noun edit

каю́к (kajúkm inan (genitive *каюка́, nominative plural *каюки́, genitive plural *каюко́в)

  1. (vernacular, impersonal, typically as a predicative or interjection) the end (used in constructions meaning "screwed", "done for", "toast", "finished" etc.)
    Synonyms: капе́ц (kapéc), коне́ц (konéc), кры́шка (krýška), хана́ (xaná)
    Мне каю́к.Mne kajúk.I'm screwed.
Usage notes edit

The declined forms are conjectural or unused.

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