oarjedavvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland