veahka

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Northern Sami

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Finnish väki.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvea̯hka/

Noun

[edit]

veahka

  1. power
  2. workforce, crew, staff
  3. crowd (of people), great number
  4. family

Inflection

[edit]
Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative veahka
Genitive veaga
Singular Plural
Nominative veahka veagat
Accusative veaga veagaid
Genitive veaga veagaid
Illative vēhkii veagaide
Locative veagas veagain
Comitative veagain veagaiguin
Essive veahkan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person veahkan veahkame veahkamet
2nd person veahkat veahkade veahkadet
3rd person veahkas veahkaska veahkaset

Further reading

[edit]
  • 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