воа̄кань

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vākkënjë, from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse vǫgn, Norwegian Bokmål vagn).

Related to Finnish vaakana. Cognates include Northern Sami fáhkan and Skolt Sami vaakkânj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɒːkaɲ/

Noun

воа̄кань (vååkan’)(obsolete or dialectal)

  1. orca, killer whale (Orcinus orca)
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Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “vɑ̄ᵍkań”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 711
  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “vɑ̄ᵍkań”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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