puuk
See also: p’u’uk
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from puu (“tree”). Cognate with dialectal Finnish puukki, Ingrian puukki and Votic puukki.
Noun edit
puuk (genitive puugi, partitive puuki)
- tick (arachnid)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
- “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