vahca

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *vëcë, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvaht͡sa/

Noun

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vahca

  1. fresh snow

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hc-z gradation
Nominative vahca
Genitive vaza
Singular Plural
Nominative vahca vazat
Accusative vaza vazaid
Genitive vaza vazaid
Illative vahcii vazaide
Locative vazas vazain
Comitative vazain vazaiguin
Essive vahcan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vahcan vahcame vahcamet
2nd person vahcat vahcade vahcadet
3rd person vahcas vahcaska vahcaset

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland