каһц

Akkala Sami

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Cardinal: каһц (kahc)     Ordinal: каѵцинт (kawcint)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kākcē, from Proto-Uralic *kakteksa.

Related to Finnish kahdeksan, compare Skolt Sami kääuʹc, Kildin Sami ка̄ххц (kāxxc) and Northern Sami gávcci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaht͡s/

Numeral

каһц (kahc)

1. eight

Further reading

• 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 71
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kahts”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland