kakku

Estonian

Noun

kakku

1. illative singular of kagu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakku, borrowed either from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kakō) or Proto-Germanic *kakǭ; compare modern Swedish kaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑkːu/, [ˈkɑkːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑkːu
• Syllabification: kak‧ku

Noun

kakku

1. cake
2. (figuratively) pie (whole of wealth or resource)
3. Short for hunajakakku.
4. (slang) bit (prison sentence)

Usage notes

• (cake): Tends to refer to larger cakes served in slices. Small, individual cakes tend to be called leivos or pikkuleipä, but may also be called kakku, particularly in compounds.

Declension

Inflection of kakku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative		kakku	kakut
genitive		kakun	kakkujen
partitive		kakkua	kakkuja
illative		kakkuun	kakkuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kakku	kakut
accusative	nom.	kakku	kakut
	gen.	kakun
genitive		kakun	kakkujen
partitive		kakkua	kakkuja
inessive		kakussa	kakuissa
elative		kakusta	kakuista
illative		kakkuun	kakkuihin
adessive		kakulla	kakuilla
ablative		kakulta	kakuilta
allative		kakulle	kakuille
essive		kakkuna	kakkuina
translative		kakuksi	kakuiksi
instructive		—	kakuin
abessive		kakutta	kakuitta
comitative		—	kakkuineen

Possessive forms of kakku (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kakkuni	kakkumme
2nd person	kakkusi	kakkunne
3rd person	kakkunsa

Idioms

• syödä ja säästää kakku (or) pitää kakku ja syödä se = to have one's cake and eat it too

Anagrams

• Kukka, kukka

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Greenlandic

Pronoun

kakku (demonstrative)

1. plural of kanna; those down a medial distance.