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Russian
Etymology
ули́та (ulíta) + -ка (-ka), apparently from у́лей (úlej), compare for the suffix волоки́та (volokíta), раки́та (rakíta). In Belarusian улі́тка (ulítka); not used in Ukrainian (borrowed however in technical senses as улі́тка (ulítka).
Pronunciation
Noun
ули́тка • (ulítka) f anim (genitive ули́тки, nominative plural ули́тки, genitive plural ули́ток)
- snail
- (anatomy) cochlea
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Descendants
References
- Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221–222
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “улитка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress