каѵцинт

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kaṷcint according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.
Akkala Sami numbers (edit)
8
    Cardinal: каһц (kahc)
    Ordinal: каѵцинт (kawcint)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kākcāntë.

Related to Finnish kahdeksas. Compare Inari Sami káávcád, Kildin Sami ка̄ххцант (kāxxcant) and Northern Sami gávccát.

Pronunciation

Adjective

каѵцинт (kawcint)

  1. eighth

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование), Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 71