savu

See also: savú, savû, and šavu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

savu

  1. imperative of savi

Fijian

Noun

savu

  1. waterfall
  2. spout (for water)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Ingrian savvu, Karelian savu, Livonian so’v, Ludian savu, Veps savu, Võro sau, Votic savvu, Northern Sami suovva, Erzya сув (suv, fog, curtain), сувтамс (suvtams, to fumigate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑʋu/, [ˈs̠ɑʋu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋu
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧vu

Noun

savu

  1. smoke
  2. (historical) a residential building with a chimney, a unit for taxation

Declension

Inflection of savu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative savu savut
genitive savun savujen
partitive savua savuja
illative savuun savuihin
singular plural
nominative savu savut
accusative nom. savu savut
gen. savun
genitive savun savujen
partitive savua savuja
inessive savussa savuissa
elative savusta savuista
illative savuun savuihin
adessive savulla savuilla
ablative savulta savuilta
allative savulle savuille
essive savuna savuina
translative savuksi savuiksi
instructive savuin
abessive savutta savuitta
comitative savuineen
Possessive forms of savu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person savuni savumme
2nd person savusi savunne
3rd person savunsa

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Ingrian

Noun

savu

  1. smoke

Latvian

Pronoun

savu

  1. accusative singular masculine form of savs
  2. instrumental singular masculine form of savs
  3. genitive plural masculine form of savs
  4. accusative singular feminine form of savs
  5. instrumental singular feminine form of savs
  6. genitive plural feminine form of savs

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sëvōn.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsavuː/

Noun

savu

  1. stream pool

Inflection

Odd, vv-v gradation
Nominative savu
Genitive savvona
Singular Plural
Nominative savu savvonat
Accusative savvona savvoniid
Genitive savvona savvoniid
Illative savvonii savvoniidda
Locative savvonis savvoniin
Comitative savvoniin savvoniiguin
Essive savun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person savvonan savvoneamẹ savvoneamẹt
2nd person savvonat savvoneattẹ savvoneattẹt
3rd person savvonis savvoneaskkạ savvoneasẹt

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Finnish savu, Proto-Samic *suovë.

Noun

savu

  1. smoke

Inflection

Inflection of savu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. savu
genitive sing. savun
partitive sing. savud
partitive plur. savuid
singular plural
nominative savu savud
accusative savun savud
genitive savun savuiden
partitive savud savuid
essive-instructive savun savuin
translative savuks savuikš
inessive savus savuiš
elative savuspäi savuišpäi
illative savuhu savuihe
adessive savul savuil
ablative savulpäi savuilpäi
allative savule savuile
abessive savuta savuita
comitative savunke savuidenke
prolative savudme savuidme
approximative I savunno savuidenno
approximative II savunnoks savuidennoks
egressive savunnopäi savuidennopäi
terminative I savuhusai savuihesai
terminative II savulesai savuilesai
terminative III savussai
additive I savuhupäi savuihepäi
additive II savulepäi savuilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), дым”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *savu.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑvu/, [ˈsɑvu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧vu

Noun

savu

  1. smoke

Inflection

Declension of savu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative savu savud
genitive savu savuje, savujõ, savui
partitive savvua savuitõ, savui
illative savvu, savvusõ savuje, savujõ, savuisõ
inessive savuz savuiz
elative savussõ savuissõ
allative savulõ savuilõ
adessive savullõ savuillõ
ablative savultõ savuiltõ
translative savussi savuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), savvu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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