Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From oarji (west) +‎ davvi (north).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈo̯ɑrːjeˌtavviː/

Noun

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oarjẹdavvi

  1. northwest
    Synonyms: davvẹoarji, davvẹviesttar

Inflection

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Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative oarjẹdavvi
Genitive oarjẹdavi
oarjẹdavẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative oarjẹdavvi oarjẹdavit
Accusative oarjẹdavi oarjẹdaviid
Genitive oarjẹdavi
oarjẹdavẹ
oarjẹdaviid
Illative oarjẹdavvái oarjẹdaviide
Locative oarjẹdavis oarjẹdaviin
Comitative oarjẹdaviin oarjẹdaviiguin
Essive oarjẹdavvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oarjẹdavván oarjẹdavváme oarjẹdavvámet
2nd person oarjẹdavvát oarjẹdavváde oarjẹdavvádet
3rd person oarjẹdavvis oarjẹdavviska oarjẹdavviset

See also

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  • (compass points)
davveoarji
davveviesttar
oarjedavvi
davvi davvenuorta
nuortadavvi
oarji
viesttar
  nuorta
máttaoarji
máttaviesttar
oarjelulli
lulli
máddi
máttanuorta
nuortalulli


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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