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English
Etymology
Shortened from sovereign.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒv
Noun
sov (plural sovs)
- (British, slang) Pound sterling.
- That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs.
- (British, slang) A sovereign (former gold coin).
Synonyms
- (pound sterling)
- (standard English) pound, pound sterling
- (slang) nicker, quid
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Noun
sov (definite accusative sovu, plural sovlar)
- Only used in söz-sov
Further reading
- “sov” in Obastan.com.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
sov
Danish
Pronunciation
Verb
sov
- imperative of sove
- past of sove
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sov
- inflection of sove:
- imperative
- simple past
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
sov
- inflection of sove:
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
sov
- inflection of sova:
Anagrams
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *sji̯ouX (“warm”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 暑 (MC syoX, “hot, sultry”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
sov
- warm
- dej sov ― warm water
- bustling with activity
- Koj lub tsev sov sov li. ― Your house is bustling with activity (("warm" with people and noise).
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 270; 282.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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