nuorta

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯rtɑ/, [ˈnuo̞̯rt̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uortɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nuor‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): nuor‧ta

Adjective

nuorta

1. partitive singular of nuori

Noun

nuorta

1. partitive singular of nuori

Anagrams

• nuorat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nuorttē, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*norþrą, “north”) (see Proto-Germanic *nurþrą). The words for cardinal directions in the Sami languages are rotated depending on the language, based on the terrain surrounding the areas in which each language was traditionally spoken (roughly following the northern coastline of Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula); in more western Sami languages, the word means “north”, while on the eastern fringes it means “south”.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯rːta/

Noun

nuorta

1. east

Inflection

Even a-stem, rt-rtt gradation
Nominative	nuorta
Genitive	nuortta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nuorta	nuorttat
Accusative	nuortta	nuorttaid
Genitive	nuortta	nuorttaid
Illative	nūrtii	nuorttaide
Locative	nuorttas	nuorttain
Comitative	nuorttain	nuorttaiguin
Essive	nuortan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nuortan nuortame nuortamet 2nd person nuortat nuortade nuortadet 3rd person nuortas nuortaska nuortaset

Derived terms

• davvenuorta
• máttanuorta
• nuortadavvi
• nuortalulli

See also

compass points:  ^[edit]

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