sauva

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sau‧va
  • Rhymes: -ɑuvɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɑuʋɑ]

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

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Compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.va/

Verb

sauva

  1. third-person singular past historic of sauver
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