saa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saa"

Ese

Noun

saa

1. tide

Estonian

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saama:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ː] (indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ː(ʔ)] (imperative, connegative)
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): saa

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saada:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Garo

Noun

saa

1. sickness, pain

Verb

saa

1. to be sick

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From saavva (“to get”). Compare Finnish saakka.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

Postposition

saa (+ illative or allative)

1. (of time) up to, until
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Sil viisii teemmä siihe saa kunis vesi puteliis ei nois ennää mänömää șommelaks.

     We'll do this until the water in the bottle stops becoming cloudy again.

     (literally, “We'll do it this way up to that until the water in the bottle doesn't start becoming cloudy any longer.”)

2. (of distance or motion) all the way to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.

     They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     Miulle mama ompeli paljton maaha saa.

     Mum sewed me a coat [stretching] all the way to the ground.

saa (+ elative or ablative)

1. (of time) ever since
2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Usage notes

• In the senses "up to" and "all the way to", saa may function as a separate case ending, the terminative, which is appended onto an illative stem, rather than the full illative: If the illative were to be followed by the illative markers -sse or -hV, these markers are dropped. This however varies from speaker to speaker and is not written in the literary language.

Synonyms

• nasse, nas, nast, asse, as, ast

Derived terms

• hikkee saa

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saavva:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ.ɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɑ/, [ˈʃɑ.ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.ɑ
• Hyphenation: sa‧a

Verb

saa

1. inflection of sattaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 510

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.a/

Noun

saa f

1. (chemistry, seasonings) salt

Manx

Alternative forms

• s'aa

Etymology

Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) +‎ aa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛː/

Adjective

saa

1. superlative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)

   T'eh tree bleeaney ny saa na mish ― He is my junior by three years.

   Y mac saa. ― The youngest son.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Swahili saa. Doublet of isaha.

Noun

saá class 9

1. o'clock

Sidamo

Saa.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Afar sagá, Hadiyya saayya and Somali sác.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː/
• Hyphenation: saa

Noun

saa f 

1. cow

Declension

Declension of saa (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	saa
nominative	saa	saa
genitive	saate*)	saa*)
dative	saate	saara
accusative	saa*)
ablative	saatenni	saanni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 29

Swahili

saa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

saa (n class, plural saa)

1. hour
2. clock
3. o'clock (followed by the number in question)

Usage notes

When used to mean an hour, the plural is masaa, in the ma class, to disambiguate from telling time. Times of the day are six hours off from the Western system; the Swahili day starts at 7 am (which becomes 1 o'clock) and the night starts at 7 pm (which becomes 1 o'clock at night).

Descendants

• → Iraqw: saa'a
• → Kikuyu: thaa
• → Luo: sa
• → Lingala: sâ
• → Luganda: essaawa
• → Pökoot: saa
• → Rwanda-Rundi: isaha, saa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈʔa/, [sɐˈʔa]
• Hyphenation: sa‧a

Noun

saá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜀ)

1. Alternative form of tsa

Tetum

Noun

saa

1. serpent
2. family

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sàː]

Noun

saa

1. name

Wolof

Etymology

From Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Noun

saa (definite form saa si)

1. moment, instant

Derived terms

• ci saa si
• saa su ne
• yenn saa

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• سَا

Etymology

From Hausa sāʼā̀, ultimately from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sáà/

Noun

sáà

1. period, season, era, semester

   Synonyms: àkókò, àsìkò, sànmọ́nì, ọ̀tẹ̀

Derived terms

• sáà ọyẹ́ (“harmattan season”)
• sáà ìjọbá-alágbádá (“civil government era”)
• sáà ìjọbá-amúnisìn (“colonial era”)
• sáà ìjọbá-ológun (“military government”)
• sáà òjò (“rainy season”)

 

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec sàà, Chayuco Mixtec zaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec sáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec saā.

Noun

saa

1. bird

Derived terms

• saa chii kuaan
• saa jnuu

 

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 69