sauva

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋɜ. Cognates include Estonian sau and Northern Sami čávgŋi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯ʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯w(ː)ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sau‧va

Noun

sauva

  1. wand, staff, stick, rod
  2. ski pole (short for hiihtosauva or suksisauva)
  3. rod cell (short for sauvasolu)

Declension

Inflection of sauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sauva sauvat
genitive sauvan sauvojen
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
singular plural
nominative sauva sauvat
accusative nom. sauva sauvat
gen. sauvan
genitive sauvan sauvojen
sauvainrare
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
inessive sauvassa sauvoissa
elative sauvasta sauvoista
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
adessive sauvalla sauvoilla
ablative sauvalta sauvoilta
allative sauvalle sauvoille
essive sauvana sauvoina
translative sauvaksi sauvoiksi
instructive sauvoin
abessive sauvatta sauvoitta
comitative sauvoineen
Possessive forms of sauva (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person sauvani sauvamme
2nd person sauvasi sauvanne
3rd person sauvansa

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Compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.va/

Verb

sauva

  1. third-person singular past historic of sauver
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