veahka

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish väki.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvea̯hka/

Noun

veahka

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

Inflection

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

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland