Estonian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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vahe (genitive vahe, partitive vahet)

  1. gap
  2. difference
  3. distance

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *vëkē.

Noun

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vahe

  1. fault, error, mistake

Inflection

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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

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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

Tongan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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)