viesttar

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvie̯star/

Noun

viesttar

1. west

   Synonym: oarji

Inflection

Odd, st-stt gradation
Nominative	viesttar
Genitive	viestara
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viesttar	viestarat
Accusative	viestara	viestariid
Genitive	viestara	viestariid
Illative	viestarii	viestariidda
Locative	viestaris	viestariin
Comitative	viestariin	viestariiguin
Essive	viesttarin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person viestaran viestareamẹ viestareamẹt 2nd person viestarat viestareattẹ viestareattẹt 3rd person viestaris viestareaskkạ viestareasẹt

Derived terms

• davveviesttar
• máttaviesttar

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