oarji

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *oarjē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoɑ̯rːjiː/

Noun

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oarji

  1. west
    Synonym: viesttar

Inflection

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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

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See also

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  • (compass points)
davveoarji
davveviesttar
oarjedavvi
davvi davvenuorta
nuortadavvi
oarji
viesttar
nuorta
máttaoarji
máttaviesttar
oarjelulli
lulli
máddi
máttanuorta
nuortalulli


Further reading

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  • 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