sava

See also: Sava, Sáva, and savā

French

Interjection

sava

  1. Informal form of ça va.

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sauðr, from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz.

Noun

sava (plural savat)

  1. sheep

Hungarian

Etymology

sav +‎ -a (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɒvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧va

Noun

sava

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of sav

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian сова sova.

Noun

sava

  1. owl

Latvian

Pronoun

sava

  1. genitive singular masculine form of savs
  2. nominative singular feminine form of savs

Novial

Verb

sava (past savad, active participle savant, passive participle savat)

  1. to know

Swedish

Verb

sava (present savar, preterite savade, supine savat, imperative sava)

  1. to be in sap (for the juice in plants to rise, to ascend)
    tiden nu är inne, då björken safvar
    the time is right, when the birch is in sap
  2. to strip the sap from trees (usually birches)
    ett träd, som vårtiden safvas
    a tree, which in the springtime is stripped of sap
    Har han bläckat och safvat i min vackra fimmelstång. – Fimmelstång? – Ja, den där björken skulle bli en fimmelstång.
    Has he cut and stripped sap in my beautiful thill. – Thill? – Yes, that birch should have become a thill.

Conjugation

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