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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland