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