vikat

Estonian

Vikat

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vik'at'eh, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *vikapteš, derived from the same verb as izkapts. Cognates include Finnish viikate, Karelian viikateh, Livonian vikārt, Ludian vikateh, Votic vikahtõ, (Mati) vikastõ, Veps vikateh and Ingrian viigade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvikɑt/, [ˈvikˑɑtˑ]
  • Rhymes: -ikɑt
  • Hyphenation: vi‧kat

Noun

vikat (genitive vikati, partitive vikatit)

  1. scythe
    1. A longstemmed tool for manually mowing grass and hay.
      Näiteks vikati kandmine õlal on äikese ajal eluohtlik.
      For example, carrying a scythe on your shoulder during a thunderstorm is life-threatening.

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Finnish

Adjective

vikat

  1. nominative plural of vika

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