oarji

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oarjē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯rːjiː/

Noun

oarji

1. west

   Synonym: viesttar

Inflection

Even i-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative	oarji
Genitive	oarjji oarjjẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarji	oarjjit
Accusative	oarjji	ōrjjiid
Genitive	oarjji oarjjẹ	ōrjjiid
Illative	oarjái	ōrjjiide
Locative	oarjjis	ōrjjiin
Comitative	ōrjjiin	ōrjjiiguin
Essive	oarjin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oarján oarjáme oarjámet 2nd person oarját oarjáde oarjádet 3rd person oarjis oarjiska oarjiset

Derived terms

• davvẹoarji
• máttaoarji
• oarjẹdavvi
• oarjẹlulli

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