чаһць

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čācē, from Proto-Uralic *śäčä (“flood”).

Compare Skolt Sami čääʹcc, Kildin Sami ча̄дзь (čādz’) and Northern Sami čáhci.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃahʲt͡sʲ/, [ˈt͡ʃæhʲt͡sʲ]

Noun

чаһць (čahc’)

water

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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 132
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “čāc”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland