nuortadavvi

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nuorta (“east”) +‎ davvi (“north”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nuortadavvi

  1. northeast
    Synonym: davvẹnuorta

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative nuortadavvi
Genitive nuortadavi
nuortadavẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative nuortadavvi nuortadavit
Accusative nuortadavi nuortadaviid
Genitive nuortadavi
nuortadavẹ 		nuortadaviid
Illative nuortadavvái nuortadaviide
Locative nuortadavis nuortadaviin
Comitative nuortadaviin nuortadaviiguin
Essive nuortadavvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nuortadavván nuortadavváme nuortadavvámet
2nd person nuortadavvát nuortadavváde nuortadavvádet
3rd person nuortadavvis nuortadavviska nuortadavviset

See also[edit]

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


Further reading[edit]

  • 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
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