Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vākkënjë

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse vǫgn, Norwegian Bokmål vagn).

Noun

*vākkënjë

1. orca, killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vāk̯k̯ënjë
Genitive	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vāk̯k̯ënjë	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëk
Accusative	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëm	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëjtē
Partitive	*vāk̯k̯ënjëtē
Genitive	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ën	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëj
Essive	*vāk̯k̯ënjënē	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëjnē
Inessive	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ësnē
Elative	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëstē	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëjstē
Illative	*vāk̯k̯ënjës̯ën	—
Comitative	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëjnē *vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*vāk̯k̯ën̯j̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: fáhkan
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vaahan
  • Skolt Sami: vaakkânj
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (vɑ̄ᵍkań)
• → Finnish: (dialectal) vaakana, vaakina