каѵцинт

Akkala Sami

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Akkala Sami numbers ^(edit)

	8
Cardinal: каһц (kahc)     Ordinal: каѵцинт (kawcint)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kākcāntë.

Related to Finnish kahdeksas. Compare Inari Sami káávcád, Kildin Sami ка̄ххцант (kāxxcant) and Northern Sami gávccát.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawt͡sʲint/

Adjective

каѵцинт (kawcint)

1. eighth

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 71