ಸಾವು

Kannada

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *caH- (“to die”). Cognate with Tulu ಸಾವು (sāvu), Tamil சாவு (cāvu), Malayalam ചാവുക (cāvuka), Telugu చావు (cāvu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːʋu/

Noun

ಸಾವು • (sāvu) ?

1. death

   Synonyms: ಮರಣ (maraṇa), ಮೃತ್ಯು (mṛtyu), ನಿಧನ (nidhana)

   • 1983, M. D. Sundar, directed by V. Somashekhar, Chakravyuha, spoken by Shankarappa and Amarnath (Mukhyamantri Chandru and Ambareesh):

     "ಇನ್ ಏನ್ ಬೇಕಪ್ಪ?" "ಸಾವು! ನೀನ್ ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಸಾವು."

     "in ēn bēkappa?" "sāvu! nīn mellara sāvu."

     "What do you want?" "Death! Your slow death."

Declension

Declension of ಸಾವು (sāvu)

	singular	plural
nominative	ಸಾವು (sāvu)	ಸಾವುಗಳು (sāvugaḷu)
accusative	ಸಾವನ್ನು (sāvannu)	ಸಾವುಗಳನ್ನು (sāvugaḷannu)
instrumental	ಸಾವಿನಿಂದ (sāvininda)	ಸಾವುಗಳಿಂದ (sāvugaḷinda)
dative	ಸಾವಿಗೆ (sāvige)	ಸಾವುಗಳಿಗೆ (sāvugaḷige)
genitive	ಸಾವಿನ (sāvina)	ಸಾವುಗಳ (sāvugaḷa)

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894), “ಸಾವು [sāvu]”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971
• V. Krishna (2019), “ಸಾವು”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha

Tulu

Alternative forms

• ತಾವು (tāvu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *caH- (“to die”). Cognate with Kannada ಸಾವು (sāvu), Tamil சாவு (cāvu), Malayalam ചാവുക (cāvuka), Telugu చావు (cāvu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːʋu/

Noun

ಸಾವು (sāvu) (Malayalam spelling സാവു)

1. death

References

• Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.