sauva

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋɜ. Cognates include Estonian sau and Northern Sami čávgŋi.

Pronunciation

Noun

sauva

  1. wand, staff, stick, rod (long piece of material used for some purpose)
    Near-synonyms: keppi, tikku
  2. Ellipsis of suksisauva/hiihtosauva (“ski pole”).
  3. Ellipsis of sauvasolu (“rod cell”).

Declension

Inflection of sauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sauva sauvat
genitive sauvan sauvojen
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
singular plural
nominative sauva sauvat
accusative nom. sauva sauvat
gen. sauvan
genitive sauvan sauvojen
sauvain rare
partitive sauvaa sauvoja
inessive sauvassa sauvoissa
elative sauvasta sauvoista
illative sauvaan sauvoihin
adessive sauvalla sauvoilla
ablative sauvalta sauvoilta
allative sauvalle sauvoille
essive sauvana sauvoina
translative sauvaksi sauvoiksi
abessive sauvatta sauvoitta
instructive — sauvoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvani sauvani
accusative nom. sauvani sauvani
gen. sauvani
genitive sauvani sauvojeni
sauvaini rare
partitive sauvaani sauvojani
inessive sauvassani sauvoissani
elative sauvastani sauvoistani
illative sauvaani sauvoihini
adessive sauvallani sauvoillani
ablative sauvaltani sauvoiltani
allative sauvalleni sauvoilleni
essive sauvanani sauvoinani
translative sauvakseni sauvoikseni
abessive sauvattani sauvoittani
instructive — —
comitative — sauvoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvasi sauvasi
accusative nom. sauvasi sauvasi
gen. sauvasi
genitive sauvasi sauvojesi
sauvaisi rare
partitive sauvaasi sauvojasi
inessive sauvassasi sauvoissasi
elative sauvastasi sauvoistasi
illative sauvaasi sauvoihisi
adessive sauvallasi sauvoillasi
ablative sauvaltasi sauvoiltasi
allative sauvallesi sauvoillesi
essive sauvanasi sauvoinasi
translative sauvaksesi sauvoiksesi
abessive sauvattasi sauvoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — sauvoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvamme sauvamme
accusative nom. sauvamme sauvamme
gen. sauvamme
genitive sauvamme sauvojemme
sauvaimme rare
partitive sauvaamme sauvojamme
inessive sauvassamme sauvoissamme
elative sauvastamme sauvoistamme
illative sauvaamme sauvoihimme
adessive sauvallamme sauvoillamme
ablative sauvaltamme sauvoiltamme
allative sauvallemme sauvoillemme
essive sauvanamme sauvoinamme
translative sauvaksemme sauvoiksemme
abessive sauvattamme sauvoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — sauvoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvanne sauvanne
accusative nom. sauvanne sauvanne
gen. sauvanne
genitive sauvanne sauvojenne
sauvainne rare
partitive sauvaanne sauvojanne
inessive sauvassanne sauvoissanne
elative sauvastanne sauvoistanne
illative sauvaanne sauvoihinne
adessive sauvallanne sauvoillanne
ablative sauvaltanne sauvoiltanne
allative sauvallenne sauvoillenne
essive sauvananne sauvoinanne
translative sauvaksenne sauvoiksenne
abessive sauvattanne sauvoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — sauvoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sauvansa sauvansa
accusative nom. sauvansa sauvansa
gen. sauvansa
genitive sauvansa sauvojensa
sauvainsa rare
partitive sauvaansa sauvojaan
sauvojansa
inessive sauvassaan
sauvassansa 		sauvoissaan
sauvoissansa
elative sauvastaan
sauvastansa 		sauvoistaan
sauvoistansa
illative sauvaansa sauvoihinsa
adessive sauvallaan
sauvallansa 		sauvoillaan
sauvoillansa
ablative sauvaltaan
sauvaltansa 		sauvoiltaan
sauvoiltansa
allative sauvalleen
sauvallensa 		sauvoilleen
sauvoillensa
essive sauvanaan
sauvanansa 		sauvoinaan
sauvoinansa
translative sauvakseen
sauvaksensa 		sauvoikseen
sauvoiksensa
abessive sauvattaan
sauvattansa 		sauvoittaan
sauvoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — sauvoineen
sauvoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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Pronunciation

Verb

sauva

  1. third-person singular past historic of sauver
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