Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *vëšē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvaʃʃiː/

Noun

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vašši

  1. aggression
  2. hatred

Inflection

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Even i-stem, šš-š gradation
Nominative vašši
Genitive vaši
vašẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative vašši vašit
Accusative vaši vašiid
Genitive vaši
vašẹ
vašiid
Illative vaššái vašiide
Locative vašis vašiin
Comitative vašiin vašiiguin
Essive vaššin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vaššán vaššáme vaššámet
2nd person vaššát vaššáde vaššádet
3rd person vaššis vaššiska vaššiset

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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
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