käpik

== Estonian == === Etymology === käpp (“paw”) +‎ -ik === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæpik/, [ˈkæpˑikˑ] Rhymes: -æpik Hyphenation: kä‧pik === Noun === käpik (genitive käpiku, partitive käpikut) mitten (a glove with a separate place only for the thumb) paar käpikuid ― a pair of mittens käpikuid kuduma ― knit mittens käpikuid kätte panema, tõmbama ― put on mittens Tal on käpikud käes. ― He's wearing mittens. Käed hakkasid käpikuis külmetama. ― My hands were getting cold in my mittens. (figuratively) puppet (a person controlled by someone else) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (mitten): labakinnas, labak (puppet): käpiknukk ==== Compounds ==== === References === käpik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “käpik”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009