saa

saa

1. tide

saa

1. inflection of saama:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): saa

saa

1. third-person singular present indicative of saada

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): saa

saa

1. present active indicative connegative of saada
2. second-person singular present imperative of saada
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of saada

saa

1. sickness, pain

saa

1. to be sick

From saavva (“to get”). Compare Finnish saakka.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

saa (+ illative or allative)

1. (of time) up to, until
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. I. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Sil viisii teemmä siihe saa kunis vesi puteliis ei nois ennää mänömää șommelaks.

     We'll do this until the water in the bottle stops becoming cloudy again.

     (literally, “We'll do it this way up to that until the water in the bottle doesn't start becoming cloudy any longer.”)

2. (of distance or motion) all the way to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.

     They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     Miulle mama ompeli paljton maaha saa.

     Mum sewed me a coat [stretching] all the way to the ground.

saa (+ elative or ablative)

1. (of time) ever since
2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

• nasse, nas, nast

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

saa

1. inflection of saavva:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 510

From Latin sāl, salem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.a/

saa f

1. (chemistry, seasonings) salt

• s'aa

Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) +‎ aa

• IPA^(key): /sɛː/

saa

1. superlative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)

   T'eh tree bleeaney ny saa na mish ― He is my junior by three years.

   Y mac saa. ― The youngest son.

From Swahili saa. Doublet of isaha.

saá class 9

1. o'clock

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Afar sagá, Hadiyya saayya and Somali sác.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː/
• Hyphenation: saa

saa f 

1. cow

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 29

Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة‎ (sāʿa).

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saa (n class, plural saa)

1. hour
2. clock
3. o'clock (followed by the number in question)

When used to mean an hour, the plural is masaa, in the ma class, to disambiguate from telling time. Times of the day are six hours off from the Western system; the Swahili day starts at 7 am (which becomes 1 o'clock) and the night starts at 7 pm (which becomes 1 o'clock at night).

• → Iraqw: saa'a
• → Kikuyu: thaa
• → Luo: sa
• → Lingala: sâ
• → Luganda: essaawa
• → Pökoot: saa
• → Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa

• Hyphenation: sa‧a
• IPA^(key): /saˈʔa/, [sɐˈʔa]

saá

1. Alternative form of tsaa

saa

1. serpent
2. family

IPA^(key): [sàː]

saa

1. name

From Arabic سَاعَة‎ (sāʿa).

saa (definite form saa si)

1. moment, instant

• ci saa si
• saa su ne
• yenn saa

• سَا‎

From Hausa sāʼā̀, ultimately from Arabic سَاعَة‎ (sāʿa).

• IPA^(key): /sáà/

sáà

1. period, season, era, semester

   Synonyms: àkókò, àsìkò, sànmọ́nì, ọ̀tẹ̀

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec sàà, Chayuco Mixtec zaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec sáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec saā.

saa

1. bird

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 69