oarjedavvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From oarji (“west”) +‎ davvi (“north”).

Noun

oarjẹdavvi

  1. northwest
    Synonyms: davvẹoarji, davvẹviesttar

Inflection
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
  • (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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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