sauva

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *sauva (compare Estonian sau), probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawŋa (compare Northern Sami čávgŋi). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯ʋɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯w(ː)ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑuʋɑ Syllabification(key): sau‧va Hyphenation(key): sau‧va === Noun === sauva wand, staff, stick, rod, bar (long, stiff piece of material used for some purpose) Near-synonyms: keppi, tikku ellipsis of suksisauva or hiihtosauva (“ski pole”) ellipsis of sauvasolu (“rod cell”) (tarot, in the plural, usually capitalized) wands ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “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 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === asuva, avaus, saavu, savua, usvaa == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /so.va/ === Verb === sauva third-person singular past historic of sauver