kaenlaauk

Estonian

Etymology

kaenal +‎ auk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑe̯nlɑˌɑu̯k/, [ˈkɑe̯nlɑˌɑu̯kˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑuk
• Hyphenation: kaen‧la‧auk

Noun

kaenlaauk (genitive kaenlaaugu, partitive kaenlaauku)

1. (anatomy) armpit (a hollow in the lower part of the joint of the arm and shoulder)

Declension

Declension of kaenlaauk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaenlaauk	kaenlaaugud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaenlaaugu
genitive			kaenlaaukude
partitive		kaenlaauku	kaenlaauke kaenlaaukusid
illative		kaenlaauku kaenlaaugusse	kaenlaaukudesse kaenlaaugesse
inessive		kaenlaaugus	kaenlaaukudes kaenlaauges
elative		kaenlaaugust	kaenlaaukudest kaenlaaugest
allative		kaenlaaugule	kaenlaaukudele kaenlaaugele
adessive		kaenlaaugul	kaenlaaukudel kaenlaaugel
ablative		kaenlaaugult	kaenlaaukudelt kaenlaaugelt
translative		kaenlaauguks	kaenlaaukudeks kaenlaaugeks
terminative		kaenlaauguni	kaenlaaukudeni
essive		kaenlaauguna	kaenlaaukudena
abessive		kaenlaauguta	kaenlaaukudeta
comitative		kaenlaauguga	kaenlaaukudega

References

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