oarjelulli

Northern Sami

Etymology

From oarji (“west”) +‎ lulli (“south”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈo̯ɑrːjeˌlulliː/

Noun

oarjẹlulli

1. southwest

   Synonyms: máttaoarji, máttaviesttar

Inflection

Even i-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	oarjẹlulli
Genitive	oarjẹluli oarjẹlulẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarjẹlulli	oarjẹlulit
Accusative	oarjẹluli	oarjẹluliid
Genitive	oarjẹluli oarjẹlulẹ	oarjẹluliid
Illative	oarjẹlullái	oarjẹluliide
Locative	oarjẹlulis	oarjẹluliin
Comitative	oarjẹluliin	oarjẹluliiguin
Essive	oarjẹlullin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oarjẹlullán oarjẹlulláme oarjẹlullámet 2nd person oarjẹlullát oarjẹlulláde oarjẹlulládet 3rd person oarjẹlullis oarjẹlulliska oarjẹlulliset

See also

• (compass points)

davveoarji davveviesttar oarjedavvi	davvi	davvenuorta nuortadavvi
oarji viesttar		nuorta
máttaoarji máttaviesttar oarjelulli	lulli máddi	máttanuorta nuortalulli

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