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

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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