nuortadavvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

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

Noun

nuortadavvi

  1. northeast
    Synonym: davvẹnuorta

Inflection
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
  • (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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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