sovan

Finnish

Noun

sovan

1. genitive singular of sopa

Anagrams

• Savon, savon, vason

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz *sāpan. Cognate with Azerbaijani and Turkish saban.

Pronunciation

• (Shixiang, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [sovɑn]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [sovɨn]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [sowɑn]

Noun

sovan

1. plough

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “сован”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “sovan”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 486
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “sovan”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 261
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “sovan”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 124
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “sovan, sovın, sopan”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 277
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “sowan”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 161

Volapük

Noun

sovan (nominative plural sovans)

1. sower

Declension

declension of sovan

	singular	plural
nominative	sovan	sovans
genitive	sovana	sovanas
dative	sovane	sovanes
accusative	sovani	sovanis
vocative 1	o sovan!	o sovans!
predicative 2	sovanu	sovanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only