savvu

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *savu. Cognates include Finnish savu and Veps savu.

Pronunciation

Noun

savvu

  1. smoke

Declension

Declension of savvu (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative savvu savvut
genitive savvun savvuin, savvuloin
partitive savvua savvuja, savvuloja
illative savvuu savvui, savvuloihe
inessive savvuus savvuis, savvulois
elative savvust savvuist, savvuloist
allative savvulle savvuille, savvuloille
adessive savvuul savvuil, savvuloil
ablative savvult savvuilt, savvuloilt
translative savvuks savvuiks, savvuloiks
essive savvunna, savvuun savvuinna, savvuloinna, savvuin, savvuloin
exessive1) savvunt savvuint, savvuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 510

Votic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

savvu

  1. Alternative form of savu
Inflection
Declension of savvu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative savvu savvud
genitive savvu savvujõ, savvui
partitive savvua savvuitõ, savvui
illative savvusõ, savvu savvuisõ
inessive savvuz savvuiz
elative savvussõ savvuissõ
allative savvulõ savvuilõ
adessive savvullõ savvuillõ
ablative savvultõ savvuiltõ
translative savvussi savvuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *sauva.

Noun

savvu

  1. A bat used in a game of gorodki.
Inflection
Declension of savvu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative savvu savvud
genitive savvu savvujõ, savvui
partitive savvua savvuitõ, savvui
illative savvusõ, savvu savvuisõ
inessive savvuz savvuiz
elative savvussõ savvuissõ
allative savvulõ savvuilõ
adessive savvullõ savvuillõ
ablative savvultõ savvuiltõ
translative savvussi savvuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
Alternative forms

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “savvu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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