takjas

Estonian

Metskimalane villtakja õiel

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *takijas, ultimately from Proto-Baltic *dagijas (“burdock”) (compare modern Latvian dadzis and Lithuanian dagys). Cognate with Finnish takiainen, Votic and Ingrian takkiain, Ludian takkiaińe, Livvi takkis- (in the compound takkisheinü (“burdock”)) and Veps takkiž.

The word has folk-etymologically merged with the stem in taki-sta/ma (“to prevent”) (compare the dialectal definition “to connect, fasten, tie up”, and its standard language equivalent takerdama (“to tangle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkjɑs/, [ˈtɑkjɑ̈s]
• Rhymes: -ɑkjɑs
• Hyphenation: tak‧jas

Noun

takjas (genitive takja, partitive takjat)

1. (botany) burdock (plant of the genus Arctium)

   suur takjas ― greater burdock (Arctium lappa)

2. (botany) burr, bur (seed pod of a burdock that sticks in fur or clothing)

Declension

Declension of takjas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		takjas	takjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	takja
genitive			takjate
partitive		takjat	takjaid
illative		takjasse	takjatesse takjaisse
inessive		takjas	takjates takjais
elative		takjast	takjatest takjaist
allative		takjale	takjatele takjaile
adessive		takjal	takjatel takjail
ablative		takjalt	takjatelt takjailt
translative		takjaks	takjateks takjaiks
terminative		takjani	takjateni
essive		takjana	takjatena
abessive		takjata	takjateta
comitative		takjaga	takjatega

Derived terms

• takjane

 

Compounds

• jõgitakjas
• villtakjas

 

• takjajuur
• takjakinnis
• takjanupp
• takjanutt
• takjapael
• takjapuhmas
• takjašampoon
• takjaõli

 

References

• takjas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “takjas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009