savi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Despite the spelling, no dialect shows a pronunciation with /v/. The expected spelling with ⟨b⟩ is attested in Old Catalan.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsa.βi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsa.bi]

savi m (plural savis, feminine sàvia)

1. wise person, sage

savi (feminine sàvia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural sàvies)

1. wise

• “savi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsavi]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi (present savas, past savis, future savos, conditional savus, volitive savu)

1. to save, rescue

Conjugation of savi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		savas		savis		savos
active participle		savanta	savantaj	savinta	savintaj	savonta	savontaj
	acc.	savantan	savantajn	savintan	savintajn	savontan	savontajn
passive participle		savata	savataj	savita	savitaj	savota	savotaj
	acc.	savatan	savatajn	savitan	savitajn	savotan	savotajn
nominal active participle		savanto	savantoj	savinto	savintoj	savonto	savontoj
	acc.	savanton	savantojn	savinton	savintojn	savonton	savontojn
nominal passive participle		savato	savatoj	savito	savitoj	savoto	savotoj
	acc.	savaton	savatojn	saviton	savitojn	savoton	savotojn
adverbial active participle		savante		savinte		savonte
adverbial passive participle		savate		savite		savote

infinitive		savi						imperative		savu						conditional		savus

• savo

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi (genitive savi, partitive savi)

1. clay

• “savi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

 

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe. Cognates include Estonian savi, Erzya сёвонь (śovoń) and Eastern Mari шун (šun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋi]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋi
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧vi

savi

1. clay (mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina)

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

• “savi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• visa

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavi/

savi

1. plural of savo

 

From Proto-Finnic *savi. Cognates include Finnish savi and Estonian savi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈs̠ɑʋi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈʃɑʋi]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi

1. clay
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.

     The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and others.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сави”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vi/
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: sà‧vi

savi

1. masculine plural of savio

savi m

1. plural of savio

• Vasi, svia, vasi

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

savi

1. nominative plural masculine of savs

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

savi

1. (Southern) Alternative form of saven

From Old Occitan savi, from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”).

• Audio:

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savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

1. wise

From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”).

savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

1. wise

• Occitan: savi
• → Italian: savio
• → Sicilian: saviu

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 202

From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.

sàvì

1. rain

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 55–56

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “глина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi (genitive savi, partitive savvi)

1. clay

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• savvi

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑvi/, [ˈsɑvʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑvi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi

1. clay

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