máttaviesttar

Northern Sami

Etymology

From máddi (“south”) +‎ viesttar (“west”).

Noun

máttaviesttar

  1. southwest
    Synonyms: máttaoarji, oarjẹlulli

Inflection
Odd, st-stt gradation
Nominative máttaviesttar
Genitive máttaviestara
Singular Plural
Nominative máttaviesttar máttaviestarat
Accusative máttaviestara máttaviestariid
Genitive máttaviestara máttaviestariid
Illative máttaviestarii máttaviestariidda
Locative máttaviestaris máttaviestariin
Comitative máttaviestariin máttaviestariiguin
Essive máttaviesttarin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person máttaviestaran máttaviestareamẹ máttaviestareamẹt
2nd person máttaviestarat máttaviestareattẹ máttaviestareattẹt
3rd person máttaviestaris máttaviestareaskkạ máttaviestareasẹt

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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