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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sauva
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čāvŋē.
Noun
*sauva
- staff, stick
Inflection
Inflection of *sauva
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sauva | *sauvat | |
| accusative | *sauvan | *sauvat | |
| genitive | *sauvan | *sauvaden *sauveiden | |
| partitive | *sauvada | *sauveida | |
| inessive | *sauvassa | *sauveissa | |
| elative | *sauvasta | *sauveista | |
| illative | *sauvahen | *sauveihen | |
| adessive | *sauvalla | *sauveilla | |
| ablative | *sauvalta | *sauveilta | |
| allative | *sauvalek | *sauveilek | |
| essive | *sauvana | *sauveina | |
| translative | *sauvaksi | *sauveiksi | |
| instructive | *sauvan | *sauvein | |
| comitative | *sauvanek | *sauveinek | |
| abessive | *sauvakta | *sauveikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sau
- Finnish: sauva
- Ingrian: sauvva
- Karelian: sauva
- Livonian: sovā
- Ludian: sauv
- Votic: savva, savvi, savvu
Further reading
- sau in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #943 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.