käpik

See also: kapik

Estonian

FWOTD – 19 July 2022
Estonian traditional mittens

Etymology

käpp (paw) + -ik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæpik/, [ˈkæpˑikˑ]
  • Rhymes: -æpik
  • Hyphenation: kä‧pik

Noun

käpik (genitive käpiku, partitive käpikut)

  1. mitten (a glove with a separate place only for the thumb)
    paar käpikuida pair of mittens
    käpikuid kudumaknit mittens
    käpikuid kätte panema, tõmbamaput on mittens
    Tal on käpikud käes.He's wearing mittens.
    Käed hakkasid käpikuis külmetama.My hands were getting cold in my mittens.
    • 1995, “Ära koo mu käpikuisse päikest [Don't Knit the Sun into My Mittens]”, in Aino Saadik (lyrics), Tiit Lehto (music), Kuldsed laulud [Golden Songs] (cassette), performed by Heidy Tamme and Uno Loop, Tallinn: SaluMuusik:
      Ära koo mu käpikuisse päikest, / külmi helbeid me püüda siis ei saa. / Ära koo mu käpikuisse päikest, / lumepall võib peos sulada.
      Don't knit the sun into my mittens, / that way we couldn't catch cold snowflakes. / Don't knit the sun into my mittens, / a snowball might melt in the palm.
    1. (figuratively) puppet (a person controlled by someone else)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (mitten): labakinnas, labak
  • (puppet): käpiknukk

Compounds

  • käpiknukk

References

  • käpik in Sõnaveeb
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), käpik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
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