puuk

See also: pʼuʼuk

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly from puu (“tree”). Cognate with dialectal Finnish puukki, Ingrian puukki and Votic puukki.

Noun

puuk (genitive puugi, partitive puuki)

1. tick (arachnid)

Declension

Declension of puuk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		puuk	puugid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	puugi
genitive			puukide
partitive		puuki	puuke puukisid
illative		puuki puugisse	puukidesse puugesse
inessive		puugis	puukides puuges
elative		puugist	puukidest puugest
allative		puugile	puukidele puugele
adessive		puugil	puukidel puugel
ablative		puugilt	puukidelt puugelt
translative		puugiks	puukideks puugeks
terminative		puugini	puukideni
essive		puugina	puukidena
abessive		puugita	puukideta
comitative		puugiga	puukidega

Further reading

• “puuk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “puuk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012