sovel

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Middle English

Noun

sovel

  1. Alternative form of sowel (food)

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀯𑀤𑀺 (sovadi), from Vedic Sanskrit स्वपति (svápati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swépeti.[1][2][3]

Verb

sovel

  1. to sleep[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “svápati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 804
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “sovél¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 263a
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “s/ovel, -utǎ”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 330a
  5. ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “sovel (sutǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155a

Swedish

två mackor med sovel

Etymology

From Old Swedish sofl. Common Germanic word. Cognate with Old English sufel (> British dialectal sowl). Related to soppa (soup), supa (drink alcohol).

Pronunciation

Noun

sovel c

  1. (collectively) food which is not bread or potatoes (or not "filler," more generally), e.g. meat, fish or sandwich toppings (pålägg); sowl
    Ost är typiskt sovel
    Cheese is a typical sandwich topping
    Du kan inte bara äta sovel. Ta lite potatis.
    You can't just eat the good stuff (ish). Have some potatoes.

Declension

Declension of sovel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sovel sovlet
Genitive sovels sovlets

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