kakk

Estonian

Etymology 1

Of onomatopoeic origin. Possibly influenced by kakk (“loaf of bread”), due to the shape of an owl's head.

Noun

kakk (genitive kaku, partitive kakku)

1. owl

   Synonym: öökull

Declension

Declension of kakk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kakk	kakud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaku
genitive			kakkude
partitive		kakku	kakke kakkusid
illative		kakku kakusse	kakkudesse kakesse
inessive		kakus	kakkudes kakes
elative		kakust	kakkudest kakest
allative		kakule	kakkudele kakele
adessive		kakul	kakkudel kakel
ablative		kakult	kakkudelt kakelt
translative		kakuks	kakkudeks kakeks
terminative		kakuni	kakkudeni
essive		kakuna	kakkudena
abessive		kakuta	kakkudeta
comitative		kakuga	kakkudega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed crom Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō, “cake”); compare Swedish kaka. Cognate to Finnish kakku and Votic kakku, kakko. Possibly a newer loan from Old Swedish or Swedish.

Noun

kakk (genitive kaku, partitive kakku)

1. loaf of bread or white bread

Declension

Declension of kakk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kakk	kakud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaku
genitive			kakkude
partitive		kakku	kakke kakkusid
illative		kakku kakusse	kakkudesse kakesse
inessive		kakus	kakkudes kakes
elative		kakust	kakkudest kakest
allative		kakule	kakkudele kakele
adessive		kakul	kakkudel kakel
ablative		kakult	kakkudelt kakelt
translative		kakuks	kakkudeks kakeks
terminative		kakuni	kakkudeni
essive		kakuna	kakkudena
abessive		kakuta	kakkudeta
comitative		kakuga	kakkudega

Further reading

• “kakk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kakk”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kakk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)