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vikat

Pronunciation: /ˈvikɑt/

“vikat” is an Estonian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. scythe
  2. A longstemmed tool for manually mowing grass and hay.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vik'at'ëh, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *vikapteš, derived from the same verb as izkapts. Cognates include Finnish viikate, Karelian viikateh, Livonian vikārt, Ludian vikateh, Votic vikahtõ, (Mati) vikastõ, Veps vikateh and Ingrian viigade.

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