gaika

gaika

See also: Gaika

Ingrian

Gaika.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гайка (gajka).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈɡɑi̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑi̯kɑ/, [ˈkɑi̯ɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯kɑ
• Hyphenation: gai‧ka

Noun

gaika

1. nut (on a screw)
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, A. Kolesova, transl., Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Mont bolttaa? Mont gaikaa?

     How many bolts? How many nuts?

Declension

Declension of gaika (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	gaika	gaikat
genitive	gaikan	gaikoin
partitive	gaikaa	gaikoja
illative	gaikaa	gaikoi
inessive	gaikaas	gaikois
elative	gaikast	gaikoist
allative	gaikalle	gaikoille
adessive	gaikaal	gaikoil
ablative	gaikalt	gaikoilt
translative	gaikaks	gaikoiks
essive	gaikanna, gaikaan	gaikoinna, gaikoin
exessive1)	gaikant	gaikoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• boltta (“bolt, screw”)