kakattua

Karelian
Regional variants of kakattua
North Karelian
(Viena)		 kakattua
South Karelian
(Tver)		 kakattua

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaak'attadak, of onomatopoeic origin, with an irregular shortening of the initial vowel.

Cognates include Finnish kaakattaa and Veps kakatada.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑkɑtːuɑ̯/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧kat‧tua

Verb

kakattua

  1. (intransitive) to cackle (make the sound of a chicken)

References
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kakattua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kakattoa”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “кудахтать”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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