Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit शाव (śāva, relating to a corpse).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic សាវា
sāvā
Phonemic សា-វ៉ា
sā-v″ā
WT romanisation saavaa
(standard) IPA(key) /saː.ˈʋaː/

Adjective edit

សាវា (saavaa) (abstract noun ភាពសាវា)

  1. to be capricious, fickle, changeable; licentious, dissolute, dissipated