Kildin Sami

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Вуэррьял.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Samic *oarjē (south). May be related to Finnish orja.

Cognates include Northern Sami oarji, Skolt Sami vuäʹrjjel- and Ter Sami выэррье (vïerrʼje, north).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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вуэррьял (vuerr’’al)

  1. west
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) northwest (see вуэррьель)
  3. (dated or dialectal, rare) north

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

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(compass points)

вуэррьял-таввял (vuerr’’al-tavvjal) таввял (tavvjal)
таввь (tavv’)
нуҏҏьт-таввял (nur̥r̥’t-tavvjal)
вуэррьял (vuerr’’al)   нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t)
вуэррьял-соа̄ййв (vuerr’’al-sååjjv) соа̄ййв (sååjjv)
соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j)
нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв (nur̥r̥’t-sååjjv)


Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ᵛuər̜̄jel̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. A. Antonova (2014) “вуэррьял”, in A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “вуэрьял”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway