saiake
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
saia + -ke, first part from sai (“white bread”), possibly from saama (“to receive”). The suffix -ke implies a diminutive, in the sense of "small white bread". This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑiɑke
- Hyphenation: sai‧a‧ke
Noun edit
saiake (genitive saiakese, partitive saiakest)
- a small (typically sweet) pastry or bun
- Synonym: väikesai
- üle kõige meeldis talle kohvikus kakaod ja saiakesi pugida ― most of all, he liked to snack on cocoa and pastries in the café
- hommikusöögiks oli tass kohvi ja paar saiakest ― breakfast was a cup of coffee and a couple of pastries
Declension edit
| Declension of saiake (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | saiake | saiakesed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | saiakese | ||
| genitive | saiakeste | ||
| partitive | saiakest | saiakesi | |
| illative | saiakesse saiakesesse |
saiakestesse saiakesisse | |
| inessive | saiakeses | saiakestes saiakesis | |
| elative | saiakesest | saiakestest saiakesist | |
| allative | saiakesele | saiakestele saiakesile | |
| adessive | saiakesel | saiakestel saiakesil | |
| ablative | saiakeselt | saiakestelt saiakesilt | |
| translative | saiakeseks | saiakesteks saiakesiks | |
| terminative | saiakeseni | saiakesteni | |
| essive | saiakesena | saiakestena | |
| abessive | saiakeseta | saiakesteta | |
| comitative | saiakesega | saiakestega | |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- saiake in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “saiake”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “saiake”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN