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sovel

Middle English

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Noun

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sovel

  1. Alternative form of sowel (“food”)

Romani

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Etymology

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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

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sovel

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

References

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  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 (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[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “s/ovel, -utǎ[s]”, 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 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155a

Swedish

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två mackor med sovel [two sandwiches with toppings]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Declension of sovel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sovel sovels
definite sovlet sovlets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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