Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋɜ. Cognates include Estonian sau and Northern Sami čávgŋi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯ʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯w(ː)ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): sau‧va

Noun

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sauva

  1. wand, staff, stick, rod (long piece of material used for some purpose)
    Near-synonyms: keppi, tikku
  2. Ellipsis of suksisauva/hiihtosauva (ski pole).
  3. Ellipsis of sauvasolu (rod cell).

Declension

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Inflection of sauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sauva sauvat
genitive sauvan sauvojen
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
singular plural
nominative sauva sauvat
accusative nom. sauva sauvat
gen. sauvan
genitive sauvan sauvojen
sauvain rare
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
inessive sauvassa sauvoissa
elative sauvasta sauvoista
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
adessive sauvalla sauvoilla
ablative sauvalta sauvoilta
allative sauvalle sauvoille
essive sauvana sauvoina
translative sauvaksi sauvoiksi
abessive sauvatta sauvoitta
instructive sauvoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvani sauvani
accusative nom. sauvani sauvani
gen. sauvani
genitive sauvani sauvojeni
sauvaini rare
partitive sauvaani sauvojani
inessive sauvassani sauvoissani
elative sauvastani sauvoistani
illative sauvaani sauvoihini
adessive sauvallani sauvoillani
ablative sauvaltani sauvoiltani
allative sauvalleni sauvoilleni
essive sauvanani sauvoinani
translative sauvakseni sauvoikseni
abessive sauvattani sauvoittani
instructive
comitative sauvoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvasi sauvasi
accusative nom. sauvasi sauvasi
gen. sauvasi
genitive sauvasi sauvojesi
sauvaisi rare
partitive sauvaasi sauvojasi
inessive sauvassasi sauvoissasi
elative sauvastasi sauvoistasi
illative sauvaasi sauvoihisi
adessive sauvallasi sauvoillasi
ablative sauvaltasi sauvoiltasi
allative sauvallesi sauvoillesi
essive sauvanasi sauvoinasi
translative sauvaksesi sauvoiksesi
abessive sauvattasi sauvoittasi
instructive
comitative sauvoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvamme sauvamme
accusative nom. sauvamme sauvamme
gen. sauvamme
genitive sauvamme sauvojemme
sauvaimme rare
partitive sauvaamme sauvojamme
inessive sauvassamme sauvoissamme
elative sauvastamme sauvoistamme
illative sauvaamme sauvoihimme
adessive sauvallamme sauvoillamme
ablative sauvaltamme sauvoiltamme
allative sauvallemme sauvoillemme
essive sauvanamme sauvoinamme
translative sauvaksemme sauvoiksemme
abessive sauvattamme sauvoittamme
instructive
comitative sauvoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvanne sauvanne
accusative nom. sauvanne sauvanne
gen. sauvanne
genitive sauvanne sauvojenne
sauvainne rare
partitive sauvaanne sauvojanne
inessive sauvassanne sauvoissanne
elative sauvastanne sauvoistanne
illative sauvaanne sauvoihinne
adessive sauvallanne sauvoillanne
ablative sauvaltanne sauvoiltanne
allative sauvallenne sauvoillenne
essive sauvananne sauvoinanne
translative sauvaksenne sauvoiksenne
abessive sauvattanne sauvoittanne
instructive
comitative sauvoinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sauva

  1. third-person singular past historic of sauver