ühikuga

Ühikuga is the comitative form of the Estonian noun ühik, which means unit. It is formed by adding the comitative suffix -ga to the nominative singular ühik, producing ühikuga. The comitative indicates accompaniment or instrument, roughly translating to “with a unit” or “using a unit.” In practice, ühikuga is used to show that an action involves a unit or is performed with a particular unit.

In grammar, -ga marks a comitative relation and can denote means, accompaniment, or the instrument by which something is done. As such, ühikuga appears in various contexts where a unit of measure or a counting unit accompanies the described quantity, measurement, or process. The form is productive in both formal and everyday Estonian, especially in technical writing, statistics, and data reporting where values are presented together with their units.

Usage notes and related terms: ühikuga relates to the broader Estonian system of comitative forms formed with -ga. It is commonly contrasted with other case forms that express quantity or measurement, such as expressions using the genitive or partitive forms of numbers and units. While ühikuga emphasizes the unit as a companion or tool in the action, the simple noun for “unit” in other grammatical roles may appear without the comitative suffix.

See also: Estonian grammar, comitative case, noun forms for units of measurement.