sov

See also: SOV, śov, šov, şov, söv, sov., søv, and шов

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Sonsorolese with v as a placeholder.

Symbol

sov

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sonsorolese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sonsorolese terms

English

Etymology

Shortened from sovereign.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

sov (plural sovs)

1. (British, slang) Pound sterling.

   That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs.

2. (British, slang) A sovereign (former gold coin).

Synonyms

• (pound sterling)
  • (standard English) pound, pound sterling
  • (slang) nicker, quid

Anagrams

• OSV, OVS, OVs, SVO, VOS, VOs, VSO, Vos

Azerbaijani

Noun

sov (definite accusative sovu, plural sovlar)

1. only used in söz-sov

Further reading

• “sov” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsof]

Noun

sov

1. genitive plural of sova

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɒwˀ]

Verb

sov

1. imperative of sove
2. past of sove

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *savu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoˀv/, [ˈsoˀu̯vː]

Noun

so’v

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of so’v (122)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	so’v	so’vd
genitive (genitīv)	so’v	so’vd
partitive (partitīv)	so’vvõ	so’vḑi
dative (datīv)	so’vvõn	so’vdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	so’vvõks	so’vdõks
illative (illatīv)	so’vvõ	so’vži
inessive (inesīv)	so’vsõ	so’vši
elative (elatīv)	so’vstõ	so’všti

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “so’v”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sov

1. inflection of sove:
   1. imperative
   2. simple past

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sov

1. inflection of sove:
   1. past
   2. imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːv/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːv

Verb

sov

1. inflection of sova:
   1. past indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• o.s.v., osv.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *sji̯ouX (“warm”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 暑 (MC syoX, “hot, sultry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂɒ˧˦/

Adjective

sov

1. warm

   dej sov ― warm water

2. bustling with activity

   Koj lub tsev sov sov li. ― Your house is bustling with activity (("warm" with people and noise).

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.