sava

See also: Sava, Sáva, savá, savā, and šava

French

Interjection

sava

1. Informal form of ça va.

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse sauðr, from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz.

Noun

sava (plural savat)

1. sheep

Declension

Declension of sava

	singular	plural
absolutive	sava	savat
ergative	savap	savat
allative	savamut	savanut
ablative	savamit	savanit
prosecutive	savakkut	savatigut
locative	savami	savani
instrumental	savamik	savanik
equative	savatut	savatut

Derived terms

• savaaraq - lamb
• savaasaq - goat
• savaasaaraq - kid (young goat)

Hungarian

Etymology

sav (“acid”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒvɒ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧va

Noun

sava

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sav

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sava	—
accusative	savát	—
dative	savának	—
instrumental	savával	—
causal-final	saváért	—
translative	savává	—
terminative	saváig	—
essive-formal	savaként	—
essive-modal	savául	—
inessive	savában	—
superessive	saván	—
adessive	savánál	—
illative	savába	—
sublative	savára	—
allative	savához	—
elative	savából	—
delative	saváról	—
ablative	savától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	saváé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	saváéi	—

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋɑ/, [ˈʃɑʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Hyphenation: sa‧va

Noun

sava

1. Alternative form of sova

Declension

Declension of sava (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	sava	savat
genitive	savan	savvoin
partitive	savvaa	savoja
illative	savvaa	savvoi
inessive	savas	savois
elative	savast	savoist
allative	savalle	savoille
adessive	saval	savoil
ablative	savalt	savoilt
translative	savaks	savoiks
essive	savanna, savvaan	savoinna, savvoin
exessive1)	savant	savoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509

Latvian

Pronoun

sava

1. inflection of savs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Swedish

Verb

sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava)

1. to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)

   tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar

   the time is right, when the birch is in sap

2. to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)

   ett träd, som vårtiden safvas

   a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap

   Har han bläckat och safvat i min vackra fimmelstång. – Fimmelstång? – Ja, den där björken skulle bli en fimmelstång.

   Has he cut and stripped sap in my beautiful thill. – Thill? – Yes, that birch should have become a thill.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sava		savas
Supine	savat		savats
Imperative	sava		—
Imper. plural1	saven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	savar	savade	savas	savades
Ind. plural1	sava	savade	savas	savades
Subjunctive2	save	savade	saves	savades
	Participles
Present participle	savande
Past participle	savad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• sav
• savig

Anagrams

• Vasa, avas, vasa

Tsou

Noun

sava

1. bag; pouch; sack