vahca

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvaht͡sa/

Noun

vahca

1. fresh snow

Inflection

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

• 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