sava

See also: Sava, Sáva, and savā

French

Interjection

sava

1. Informal form of ça va.

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Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Noun

sava (plural savat)

1. sheep

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Hungarian

Etymology

sav +‎ -a (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sava

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

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Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian сова sova.

Noun

sava

1. owl

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Latvian

Pronoun

sava

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

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Novial

Verb

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

1. to know

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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

Conjugation of sava (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	sava	savas
Present tense	savar	savas
Past tense	savade	savades
Supine	savat	savats
Imperative	sava	—
Present participle	savande
Past participle	savad

Related terms

• sav
• savig