sovaja

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto sovaĝa, from English savage, French sauvage, Italian selvaggio and Spanish salvaje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈvaʒa/, /soˈvad͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: so‧va‧ja

Adjective

sovaja

  1. (referring to living and growing persons, plants, trees, etc.) savage: wild
  2. (living in a state of nature) not domesticated, uncivilized
  3. ferocious, fierce
  4. (figuratively) unsociable

Derived terms

  • sovajo (a savage)
  • sovajeso (savagery, wildness; (fig.) fierceness)
  • sovajigar (to make savage)
  • sovajeskar (to become savage)
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