sa

Noun

sa

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *si-a, a combination of two pronominal members, Proto-Indo-European *kwih₂ and *h₂ew-/h₂en-.

Pronoun

sa

1. how much

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

Noun

sa

1. rain

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *caː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”); cognate with Halang cha, Koho saa, Semai ca, Pacoh cha, Khmer ស៊ី (sii) and Mon စ (cɛˀ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː/

Verb

sa

1. to eat

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

Shortened form of asa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology 1

From Latin sanus.

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsa.

Noun

sa

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Noun

sa

1. fire

Further reading

• Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 26

Alternative forms

• Sa (optional capitalization)

Etymology

Short form of sina

Pronoun

sa

1. you, thou (personal pronoun of the second person of singular in unstressed positions)

   Mis sa teed seal? - What are you doing there?

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *te or *tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ/
• Hyphenation: sa

Pronoun

sa

1. (personal, archaic, poetic) you (singular; in archaic English: thou).

Anagrams

• as

Etymology

From Old French sa, from Latin sua feminine form of suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

• audio

  (file)

Determiner

sa f

1. (possessive) His, her, its, one's.

   Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité.

   Pierre has lost his identity card.

Further reading

• “sa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• as

Etymology

Either from Proto-Germanic *saliz (“house, hall”),^[1] or from Proto-Germanic *sēaną (“to sow”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa/

Noun

sa f (plural sas)

1. generation, litter
2. sowing season

References

• “sa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Romanization

sa

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) hundred

Etymology

From French ça

Determiner

sa

1. this
2. these
3. that
4. those

Pronoun

sa

1. (demonstrative) this
2. (demonstrative) these
3. (demonstrative) that
4. (demonstrative) those
5. (interrogative) what
6. (relative) what

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

Determiner

sa

1. (archaic) Alternative form of sua.
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa opiniono la max (maxim) importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Etymology

Shortened form of esa, from Malay se, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From earlier ins an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠə/

Contraction

sa

1. Contraction of i + an.

   Tá an fear sa bhád. ― The man is in the boat

   Tá na páistí ag súgradh sa tsráid. ― The children are playing in the street.

   Táimid inár suí sa seomra (or) tseomra. ― We are sitting in the room.

Further reading

• "sa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “sa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Alternative forms

• sà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

sa

1. third-person singular present indicative of sapere

   Giovanni sa dov'è Laura. ― Giovanni knows where Laura is.

Romanization

sa

1. Rōmaji transcription of さ
2. Rōmaji transcription of サ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Alternative forms

• zan (Kamakan)

Noun

sa

1. (Kotoxo) water

References

• Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil
• Márcio Silva Martins Andérbio, Revisão da família lingüística Kamakã proposta por Chestmir Loukotka (thesis, Université de Brasilia, 2007 page 52)

Verb

sa

1. third-person singular present indicative of savéi

Alternative forms

• sinā

Etymology

See etymology at Finnish sinä.

Pronoun

sa

1. you; second person pronoun, referring to the addressee

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

Preposition

sa

1. Obsolete spelling of za

Alternative forms

• esa
• ĕsă
• se (se-)
• sĕ (sĕ-)
• să (să-)
• اسا‎
• س‎ (س-‎)

Etymology

Shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/
• Rhymes: -sə, -ə

Numeral

sa

1. (pre-1972) Obsolete spelling of se

Romanization

sa (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄚ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 𠮿

sa

1. Nonstandard spelling of sā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of sà.

Noun

sa

1. water

References

• Timothy Leffel, Focus constructions in Masalit (New York University, 05/31/2011)

Etymology 1

Likely from Proto-Chadic *sa (“to drink”).^[1]

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Chadic *(-)sə (“to come”).^[4]

References

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Verb

sa

1. simple past of si

Verb

sa

1. past tense of seia

Etymology

From Latin sua, feminine of suus.

Determiner

sa f (masculine son, plural ses)

1. his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive)

Conjunction

sā

1. so
2. as
3. or

Determiner

sa

1. Alternative spelling of so

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Portuguese saber and Spanish saber and Kabuverdianu sabe.

Verb

sa

1. to know

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá/, [sá]

Noun

sa

1. water

References

• Phonological Considerations of Pawaia, in Oceania Linguistic Monographs, issues 14-15 (1971)
• Transnewguinea.org, citing both D. Trefry, A comparative study of Kuman and Pawaian (1969) and G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Pronoun

sa

1. all

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sa, from Latin sua, the feminine form of suus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/
• Rhymes: -a

Determiner

sa f

1. feminine singular of său: his/her

Pronoun

sa f (possessive pronouns)

1. (preceded by "a") his/hers (that which is his or hers)

Alternative forms

• sa'

Etymology

anns + a'

Preposition

sa

1. in the

Preposition

sa (Cyrillic spelling са)

1. Alternative form of s; used instead of s when the following word or group of words start with sibilants s, z, š or ž and before instrumental form of first-person pronoun ja.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

Pronoun

sa

1. Replaces the accusative of any personal pronoun whenever the object, whether expressed or implied, is of the same person as the subject. Typically can be translated as the corresponding version of oneself:

   vidím sa v zrkadle ― I see myself in the mirror

   Koho vidíš v zrkadle? Seba.

   Whom do you see in the mirror? Myself.

2. (reflexive) Bound with certain verbs, similar to the Italian si. The pronoun is a part of the verb.

   modliť sa ― to pray

Further reading

• sa in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

Apocopic form of sade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

sa

1. past tense of säga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

Preposition

sa

1. indirect object marker; of, from, to, at, on, in, into, onto, through, among, around, for, by
2. used in combination with other words to form more specific prepositional phrases:

   sa pamamagitan ng ― by means of

   mula sa ― from

Noun

sa

1. dog

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaː˧˧]

Noun

sa

1. (medicine equipment) gauze

Verb

sa

1. fall (especially from the sky), drop down, prolapse

Verb

sa

1. (colloquial, South Wales) first-person singular present negative of bod

   Sa i’n gwybod.

   I don’t know.

2. (colloquial) Contraction of basai.

Conjunction

sa

1. so

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

Compare Drehu xe (“smack”).

Verb

sa

1. hit

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Verb

-sa^?

1. to take

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θa˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sa¹
• Hyphenation: sa

Noun

sa (old orthography sa, Sawndip forms 砟)

1. sand

Adjective

sa (old orthography sa)

1. sandy

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sa”
• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sa”