sauva

From Proto-Finnic *sauva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋɜ. Cognates include Estonian sau and Northern Sami čávgŋi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯ʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯w(ː)ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): sau‧va

sauva

1. wand, staff, stick, rod (long piece of material used for some purpose)

   Near-synonyms: keppi, tikku

2. Ellipsis of suksisauva/hiihtosauva (“ski pole”).
3. Ellipsis of sauvasolu (“rod cell”).

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

• “sauva”, 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

• asuva, avaus, saavu, savua, usvaa

• IPA^(key): /so.va/

sauva

1. third-person singular past historic of sauver