sauva
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋɜ. Cognates include Estonian sau and Northern Sami čávgŋi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯ʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑu̯w(ː)ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑ
- Syllabification(key): sau‧va
Noun
sauva
- wand, staff, stick, rod
- ski pole (short for hiihtosauva or suksisauva)
- rod cell (short for sauvasolu)
Declension
| 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 sauvainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sauvoin | |
| abessive | sauvatta | sauvoitta | |
| comitative | — | sauvoineen | |
| Possessive forms of sauva (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sauvani | sauvamme |
| 2nd person | sauvasi | sauvanne |
| 3rd person | sauvansa | |
Synonyms
- (ski pole): suksisauva
Derived terms
- sauvoa
- sauvoin
- sauvoja
Compounds
- hieromasauva
- hiilikuitusauva
- kainalosauva
- kerjuusauva
- kyynärsauva
- lasikuitusauva
- luistelusauva
- marsalkansauva
- matkasauva
- ohjaussauva
- paimensauva
- piispansauva
- riimusauva
- ryhmysauva
- sauvabakteeri
- sauvakävely
- sauvaohjain
- sauvaparisto
- sauvaparketti
- sauvasekoitin
- sauvasolu
- sauvatärytin
- suksisauva
- taikasauva
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
- asuva, avaus, saavu, savua, usvaa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.va/
Verb
sauva
- third-person singular past historic of sauver