vahkku

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëkkō, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᚲᛟ (*wiko), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“week”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvahːkuː/

Noun

vahkku

1. week

Inflection

Even u-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	vahkku
Genitive	vahku vahkọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vahkku	vahkut
Accusative	vahku	vahkūid
Genitive	vahku vahkọ	vahkūid
Illative	vahkkui	vahkūide
Locative	vahkus	vahkūin
Comitative	vahkūin	vahkūiguin
Essive	vahkkun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vahkkon vahkkome vahkkomet 2nd person vahkkot vahkkode vahkkodet 3rd person vahkkus vahkkuska vahkkuset

Even u-stem, no gradation
Nominative	vahkku
Genitive	vahkku vahkkọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vahkku	vahkkut
Accusative	vahkku	vahkkūid
Genitive	vahkku vahkkọ	vahkkūid
Illative	vahkkui	vahkkūide
Locative	vahkkus	vahkkūin
Comitative	vahkkūin	vahkkūiguin
Essive	vahkkun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vahkkon vahkkome vahkkomet 2nd person vahkkot vahkkode vahkkodet 3rd person vahkkus vahkkuska vahkkuset

Derived terms

• gaskavahkku

Further reading

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