kiik

Probably a deverbal from kiikuma (“to swing”), from Proto-Finnic *kiikkudak. Cognate with Finnish kiikku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːk/

kiik (genitive kiige, partitive kiike)

1. swing; seesaw
   1. A device used for swinging, consisting of thills or ropes hanging from a spindle attached to poles and a board or boards attached between them.

      Kiik on vahend, millel meelelahutuse või mängimise eesmärgil kiigutakse.

      A swing is a device, on which people swing in order to play or entertain themselves.

   2. A log or a board placed on a fulcrum, on which people sit on the ends.

      Kiige ühes otsas istus ema, teises poeg.

      The mother sat on one end of the seesaw, the son at the other.

• kiiktool
• kiikhobu
• kiikhobune

kiik (plural kiikoʼob)

1. older sister