savu

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savu

1. imperative of savi

savu

1. waterfall
2. spout (for water)

From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe (“smoke”). Cognates include Ingrian savvu, Karelian savu, Livonian so’v, Ludian savu, Veps savu, Võro sau, Votic savvu, Northern Sami suovva, Erzya сувтамс (suvtams, “to fumigate”) and possibly also сув (suv, “fog, curtain”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋu/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋu]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋu
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧vu

savu

1. smoke

   Synonyms: (informal or dialectal) sauhu, (dialectal) suitsu

2. (historical) a residential building with a chimney, a unit for taxation

• “savu”, 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

• usva, vasu

savu

1. inflection of savs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

From Proto-Samic *sëvōn.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsavuː/

savu

1. stream pool

Odd, vv-v gradation
Nominative	savu
Genitive	savvona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	savu	savvonat
Accusative	savvona	savvoniid
Genitive	savvona	savvoniid
Illative	savvonii	savvoniidda
Locative	savvonis	savvoniin
Comitative	savvoniin	savvoniiguin
Essive	savun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person savvonan savvoneamẹ savvoneamẹt 2nd person savvonat savvoneattẹ savvoneattẹt 3rd person savvonis savvoneaskkạ savvoneasẹt

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Finnic *savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sawe. Cognates include Finnish savu, Proto-Samic *suovë.

savu

1. smoke

Inflection of savu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	savu
genitive sing.	savun
partitive sing.	savud
partitive plur.	savuid
	singular	plural
nominative	savu	savud
accusative	savun	savud
genitive	savun	savuiden
partitive	savud	savuid
essive-instructive	savun	savuin
translative	savuks	savuikš
inessive	savus	savuiš
elative	savuspäi	savuišpäi
illative	savuhu	savuihe
adessive	savul	savuil
ablative	savulpäi	savuilpäi
allative	savule	savuile
abessive	savuta	savuita
comitative	savunke	savuidenke
prolative	savudme	savuidme
approximative I	savunno	savuidenno
approximative II	savunnoks	savuidennoks
egressive	savunnopäi	savuidennopäi
terminative I	savuhusai	savuihesai
terminative II	savulesai	savuilesai
terminative III	savussai	—
additive I	savuhupäi	savuihepäi
additive II	savulepäi	savuilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дым”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• savvu

From Proto-Finnic *savu.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑvu/, [ˈsɑvu]
• Rhymes: -ɑvu
• Hyphenation: sa‧vu

savu

1. smoke

Declension of savu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	savu	savud
genitive	savu	savujõ, savui
partitive	savvua	savuitõ, savui
illative	savvusõ, savvu	savuisõ
inessive	savuz	savuiz
elative	savussõ	savuissõ
allative	savulõ	savuilõ
adessive	savullõ	savuillõ
ablative	savultõ	savuiltõ
translative	savussi	savuissi
*) 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.

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