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

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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