See also: saví and savì

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapius (wise), from Latin sapidus (delicious, wise). Despite the spelling, no dialect shows a pronunciation with /v/. The expected spelling with ⟨b⟩ is attested in Old Catalan.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

savi m (plural savis, feminine sàvia)

  1. wise person, sage

Adjective edit

savi (feminine sàvia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural sàvies)

  1. wise

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “savi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading edit

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsavi]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -avi
  • Hyphenation: sa‧vi

Verb edit

savi (present savas, past savis, future savos, conditional savus, volitive savu)

  1. to save, rescue

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Related terms edit

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Noun edit

savi (genitive savi, partitive savi)

  1. clay

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • savi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish edit

 

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe. Cognates include Estonian savi, Erzya сёвонь (śovoń) and Eastern Mari шун (šun).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋi
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧vi

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay (mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina)

Declension edit

Inflection of savi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative savi savet
genitive saven savien
partitive savea savia
illative saveen saviin
singular plural
nominative savi savet
accusative nom. savi savet
gen. saven
genitive saven savien
partitive savea savia
inessive savessa savissa
elative savesta savista
illative saveen saviin
adessive savella savilla
ablative savelta savilta
allative savelle saville
essive savena savina
translative saveksi saviksi
abessive savetta savitta
instructive savin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of savi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative saveni saveni
accusative nom. saveni saveni
gen. saveni
genitive saveni savieni
partitive saveani saviani
inessive savessani savissani
elative savestani savistani
illative saveeni saviini
adessive savellani savillani
ablative saveltani saviltani
allative savelleni savilleni
essive savenani savinani
translative savekseni savikseni
abessive savettani savittani
instructive
comitative savineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative savesi savesi
accusative nom. savesi savesi
gen. savesi
genitive savesi saviesi
partitive saveasi saviasi
inessive savessasi savissasi
elative savestasi savistasi
illative saveesi saviisi
adessive savellasi savillasi
ablative saveltasi saviltasi
allative savellesi savillesi
essive savenasi savinasi
translative saveksesi saviksesi
abessive savettasi savittasi
instructive
comitative savinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative savemme savemme
accusative nom. savemme savemme
gen. savemme
genitive savemme saviemme
partitive saveamme saviamme
inessive savessamme savissamme
elative savestamme savistamme
illative saveemme saviimme
adessive savellamme savillamme
ablative saveltamme saviltamme
allative savellemme savillemme
essive savenamme savinamme
translative saveksemme saviksemme
abessive savettamme savittamme
instructive
comitative savinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative savenne savenne
accusative nom. savenne savenne
gen. savenne
genitive savenne savienne
partitive saveanne savianne
inessive savessanne savissanne
elative savestanne savistanne
illative saveenne saviinne
adessive savellanne savillanne
ablative saveltanne saviltanne
allative savellenne savillenne
essive savenanne savinanne
translative saveksenne saviksenne
abessive savettanne savittanne
instructive
comitative savinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative savensa savensa
accusative nom. savensa savensa
gen. savensa
genitive savensa saviensa
partitive saveaan
saveansa
saviaan
saviansa
inessive savessaan
savessansa
savissaan
savissansa
elative savestaan
savestansa
savistaan
savistansa
illative saveensa saviinsa
adessive savellaan
savellansa
savillaan
savillansa
ablative saveltaan
saveltansa
saviltaan
saviltansa
allative savelleen
savellensa
savilleen
savillensa
essive savenaan
savenansa
savinaan
savinansa
translative savekseen
saveksensa
savikseen
saviksensa
abessive savettaan
savettansa
savittaan
savittansa
instructive
comitative savineen
savinensa

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns
phrases
proper nouns
verbs
compounds

References edit

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Ido edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

savi

  1. plural of savo

Ingrian edit

 
Savvia.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi. Cognates include Finnish savi and Estonian savi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.
      The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and others.

Declension edit

Declension of savi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative savi savet
genitive saven savviin, saviloin
partitive savvia savija, saviloja
illative savvee savvii, saviloihe
inessive saves savis, savilois
elative savest savist, saviloist
allative savelle saville, saviloille
adessive savel savil, saviloil
ablative savelt savilt, saviloilt
translative saveks saviks, saviloiks
essive savenna, savveen savinna, saviloinna, savviin, saviloin
exessive1) savent savint, saviloint
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.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.vi/
  • Rhymes: -avi
  • Hyphenation: sà‧vi

Adjective edit

savi

  1. masculine plural of savio

Noun edit

savi m

  1. plural of savio

Anagrams edit

Karelian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay

Latvian edit

Pronoun edit

savi

  1. nominative plural masculine of savs

Livvi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay

Middle English edit

Verb edit

savi

  1. (Southern) Alternative form of saven

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan savi, from Vulgar Latin *sapius (wise), from Latin sapidus (delicious, wise).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

  1. wise

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *sapius (wise), from Latin sapidus (delicious, wise).

Adjective edit

savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

  1. wise

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Occitan: savi
  • Italian: savio
  • Sicilian: saviu

References edit

San Juan Colorado Mixtec edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.

Noun edit

sàvì

  1. rain

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 55–56

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay

Inflection edit

Inflection of savi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing. savi
genitive sing. saven
partitive sing. saved
partitive plur. savid
singular plural
nominative savi saved
accusative saven saved
genitive saven saviden
partitive saved savid
essive-instructive saven savin
translative saveks savikš
inessive saves saviš
elative savespäi savišpäi
illative savehe savihe
adessive savel savil
ablative savelpäi savilpäi
allative savele savile
abessive saveta savita
comitative savenke savidenke
prolative savedme savidme
approximative I savenno savidenno
approximative II savennoks savidennoks
egressive savennopäi savidennopäi
terminative I savehesai savihesai
terminative II savelesai savilesai
terminative III savessai
additive I savehepäi savihepäi
additive II savelepäi savilepäi

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “глина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Noun edit

savi (genitive savi, partitive savvi)

  1. clay

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑvi/, [ˈsɑvʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvi
  • Hyphenation: sa‧vi

Noun edit

savi

  1. clay

Inflection edit

Declension of savi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative savi savõd
genitive savõ savijõ, savii
partitive savvia saviitõ, savii
illative savvõsõ, savvõ saviisõ
inessive savõz saviiz
elative savõssõ saviissõ
allative savõlõ saviilõ
adessive savõllõ saviillõ
ablative savõltõ saviiltõ
translative savõssi saviissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

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