legkaka

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From leg (uterus) +‎ kaka (cake), calquing the Latin medical term placenta (cake).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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legkaka f (genitive singular legköku, nominative plural legkökur)

  1. placenta

Declension

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    Declension of legkaka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative legkaka legkakan legkökur legkökurnar
accusative legköku legkökuna legkökur legkökurnar
dative legköku legkökunni legkökum legkökunum
genitive legköku legkökunnar legkaka/legkakna legkakanna/legkaknanna

Synonyms

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