vahe

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vajëh. Cognate to Finnish vaihe and Votic vahõ.

Noun

vahe (genitive vahe, partitive vahet)

1. gap
2. difference
3. distance

Declension

Declension of vahe (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vahe	vahed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vahe
genitive			vahede
partitive		vahet	vahesid
illative		vahhe vahesse	vahedesse
inessive		vahes	vahedes
elative		vahest	vahedest
allative		vahele	vahedele
adessive		vahel	vahedel
ablative		vahelt	vahedelt
translative		vaheks	vahedeks
terminative		vaheni	vahedeni
essive		vahena	vahedena
abessive		vaheta	vahedeta
comitative		vahega	vahedega

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëkē.

Noun

vahe

1. fault, error, mistake

Inflection

Even e-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative	vahe
Genitive	vaṿe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vahe	vaṿeh
Accusative	vaṿe	vooṿijd
Genitive	vaṿe	voṿij vooṿij
Illative	vahan	vovvijd
Locative	vavveest	vooṿijn
Comitative	vovvijn	voṿijguin
Abessive	vaṿettáá	voṿijttáá
Essive	vahheen
Partitive	vahheed
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• 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

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.he/

Noun

vahe

1. A part or section

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)