saiake

Estonian

Pastries on display at a coffee shop.

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑi̯ɑke/, [ˈsɑi̯ɑkˑe̞]

• Rhymes: -ɑiɑke
• Hyphenation: sai‧a‧ke

Noun

saiake (genitive saiakese, partitive saiakest)

1. 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

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

• köömnesaiake

 

References

• 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