saliva

See also: salivă

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin salīva ("spittle"), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sə-līʹ-və IPA^(key): /səˈlaɪvə/
• Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

saliva (countable and uncountable, plural salivas or salivae or salivæ)

1. (physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

Synonyms

• spit
• spittle

Derived terms

• salivary
• salivate

Related terms

• salivation

Translations

liquid secreted into the mouth

• Albanian: pështymë f
• Arabic: لعاب m (luʕāb), ريق m (rīq), بزاق m (buzāq)

  Egyptian Arabic: لعاب m (luʕāb), ريق m (riiʔ), ريالة f (riyala)

• Armenian: թուք (tʿukʿ)
• Asturian: saliva f, cuspita f
• Azeri: tüpürcək
• Bashkir: шайыҡ (šayïq), төкөрөк (tökörök), һеләгәй (helägäy), шеләгәй (šelägäy)
• Basque: listu, listu
• Belarusian: сліна f (sliná)
• Bengali: লালা (lala)
• Breton: halo (br) m
• Bulgarian: слюнка f (sljúnka), плюнка f (pljúnka)
• Catalan: saliva f
• Chamicuro: sakola
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 口水 (hau2 seoi2)

  Mandarin: 口水 (zh) (kǒushuǐ), 唾液 (zh) (tuòyè), 唾沫 (zh) (tuòmo)

  Min Nan: 瀾 (zh-min-nan) (nuā)

• Crimean Tatar: silekiy, salya, tükürşük
• Czech: slina f
• Danish: spyt n
• Dhivehi: ކުޅު (kuḷu)
• Dutch: speeksel (nl) n
• Estonian: sülg
• Faroese: ráki m, spýtt n, sputt n
• Filipino: laway
• Finnish: sylki (fi)
• French: salive (fr)
• Georgian: ნერწყვი (nercqvi)
• German: Speichel (de) m
• Greek: σίελος (el) m (síelos), σάλιο (el) n (sálio)
• Hebrew: רוק (rok)
• Hindi: लार f (lār), राल f (rāl)
• Hungarian: nyál (hu)
• Icelandic: slef n, munnvatn m
• Irish: seile f

• Italian: saliva (it) f
• Japanese: 唾 (ja) (つばき, tsubakí), 唾液 (だえき, daeki)
• Jèrriais: êcopi
• Kazakh: сілекей (silekey)
• Korean: 침 (ko) (chim)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لیک (ku)

• Latgalian: slīkys, seilys
• Latin: salīva f
• Latvian: siekalas
• Lithuanian: seilės f pl
• Macedonian: плунка f (plúnka)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: hāware, hūare, hūware, paraki
• Norwegian: spytt (no) n
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: بزاق (fa) (bozâq), گلیز (fa) (geliz)
• Polish: ślina (pl) f
• Portuguese: saliva (pt) f
• Romanian: salivă (ro) f
• Russian: слюна (ru) f (sljuná), слюнка (ru) f (sljúnka) (diminutive)
• Scottish Gaelic: seile m
• Serbo-Croatian: сли̏на f, slȉna f
• Slovak: slina f
• Slovene: slina (sl) f
• Spanish: saliva (es) f
• Swahili: mate (sw)
• Swedish: spott (sv) n, saliv (sv) c
• Tagalog: lura
• Tamil: உமிழ்நீர் (ta) (umiḻnīr)
• Tatar: селәгәй (tt) (selägäy)
• Telugu: లాలాజలం (te) (lālājalam)
• Thai: น้ำลาย (nám laai)
• Turkish: salya (tr), tükürük (tr)
• Ukrainian: слина f (slyná)
• Urdu: لار f (lār), رال f (rāl)
• Vietnamese: nước bọt (vi)
• Volapük: salif (vo)
• Yiddish: שפייאכץ (shfeykhts)

See also

• drool
• sputum

Anagrams

• avails
• salvia
• Valais

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.li.va/
• Homophones: salivas, salivât

Verb

saliva

1. third-person singular past historic of saliver

Anagrams

• lavais, valais, valsai

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈliː.va], /saˈliva/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lì‧va

Noun

saliva f (plural salive)

1. (physiology) saliva, spittle, spit

Related terms

• salivare
• salivatorio
• salivazione

Verb

saliva

1. third-person singular imperfect tense of salire
2. third-person singular present tense of salivare
3. second-person singular imperative of salivare

Anagrams

• lisava, salavi, salvai, salvia, vasali

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈliː.wa/

Noun

salīva f (genitive salīvae); first declension

1. spittle, saliva

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	salīva	salīvae
genitive	salīvae	salīvārum
dative	salīvae	salīvīs
accusative	salīvam	salīvās
ablative	salīvā	salīvīs
vocative	salīva	salīvae

Derived terms

• salīvō

Descendants

• Catalan: saliva
• English: saliva
• French: salive
• Italian: saliva

• Portuguese: saliva
• Romanian: salivă
• Spanish: saliva
• Swedish: saliv

References

• saliva in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• saliva in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Romanian

Noun

saliva f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of salivă)

1. the saliva

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ˈli.βa̠]
• See also: sílaba

Noun

saliva f (plural salivas)

1. saliva, spittle

Verb

saliva

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of salivar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of salivar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of salivar.

Anagrams

• salvia