veahkki

Northern Sami

Northern Sami phrasebook

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *veakkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvea̯hːkiː/

Noun

veahkki

1. help, assistance

Inflection

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	veahkki
Genitive	veahki veahkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veahkki	veahkit
Accusative	veahki	vēhkiid
Genitive	veahki veahkẹ	vēhkiid
Illative	veahkkái	vēhkiide
Locative	veahkis	vēhkiin
Comitative	vēhkiin	vēhkiiguin
Essive	veahkkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person veahkkán veahkkáme veahkkámet 2nd person veahkkát veahkkáde veahkkádet 3rd person veahkkis veahkkiska veahkkiset

Derived terms

• veahkẹhit

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

Interjection

veahkki!

1. help!