saw

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Sawi, from Savi ساوی (Savi). === Symbol === saw (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sawi. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Sawi terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /sɔː/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /soː/ (General American) (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /sɑ/, enPR: sä (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /sɔ/, (US) enPR: sô, (intrusive R, New England) IPA(key): [sɔɹ] (Scotland) IPA(key): /sɔ/ (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (rare, idiosyncratic, past tense of see (for example, as used by Dina Cappiello of the Associated Press)) IPA(key): /sɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔː Homophones: soar, sore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) === Etymology 1 === The noun from Middle English sawe, sawgh, from Old English saga, sagu (“saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô, *sagō (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian seage (“saw”), Dutch zaag (“saw”), German Säge (“saw”), Danish sav (“saw”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk sag (“saw”), Swedish såg (“saw”), Icelandic sög (“saw”), and through Indo-European, with Latin secō (“cut”) and Italian sega (“saw”). The verb from Middle English sawen, from the noun above. ==== Noun ==== saw (plural saws) A tool used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal. (usually) Such a tool with a toothed blade. Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade (sometimes) Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth. A musical saw. A sawtooth wave. (whist) The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: sa ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== saw (third-person singular simple present saws, present participle sawing, simple past sawed, past participle sawed or sawn) (transitive) To cut (something) with a saw. (intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw. (transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu, saga (“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē-, from *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch sage (“saga”), German Sage (“legend, saga, tale, fable”), Danish sagn (“legend”), Norwegian soga (“story”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”). More at saga, say. Doublet of saga. ==== Noun ==== saw (plural saws) (obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse. (archaic) A saying or proverb. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:saying (obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief. by thy saw ― in your opinion commune saw ― common opinion/knowledge on no saw ― by no means (obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility. c. 1350-1400, unknown, The Erl of Toulous All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe. (obsolete) Dictate; command; decree. ===== Derived terms ===== old saw soothsaw withsaw ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== saw simple past of see (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of see ===== Translations ===== === See also === saw sam sai (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === was, Was, aws, WAs, ASW, AWS == Ashkun == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂. === Noun === saw (Sanu) branch === References === == Atong (India) == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sʰaw/ === Adjective === saw (Bengali script সাৱ) rotten == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saw/ === Adjective === saw healthy, well safe, secure === Conjunction === saw but, except == Khasi == === Etymology === From Proto-Khasian *saːw, an innovation of the Khasian branch. Cognate with Pnar soo. === Numeral === saw four == Middle English == === Noun === saw saw == Mizo == === Determiner === saw (ergative and oblique sâwn) that over there === Pronoun === saw (plural sâwng) that over there ==== See also ==== == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === saw ? terror horror == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Kielce) IPA(key): [ˈsaf] (Western Kraków) IPA(key): [ˈsaf] === Adverb === saw (not comparable) (Western Kraków, Częstochowa Voivodeship, Kielce, Słupia) alternative form of haw === Further reading === Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “saw”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 245 == Scots == === Pronunciation === (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /sa/ (Central and some Southern Scots dialects) IPA(key): /sɔ/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== saw (Southern Scots) simple past tense of sei (Northern Scots and Central Scots) simple past tense of see === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== saw (plural saws) A salve. == Yola == === Verb === saw alternative form of sau === References === Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎[5], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 35 == Zhuang == === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θaɯ˨˦/ Tone numbers: saw1 Hyphenation: saw === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Tai *sɯːᴬ (“writing; book”), from Middle Chinese 書 (MC syo, “writing; book”). Cognate with Lao ສື (sư̄), Thai สือ (sʉ̌ʉ). ==== Alternative forms ==== sw ==== Noun ==== saw (Sawndip forms 𭨡 or 字 or 𰗂 or 𭓙 or 𰁈, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ) written language; writing; script (Chinese) character word book teaching material receipt; voucher ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Tai *saɰᴬ (“clear; clean”). Cognate with Thai ใส (sǎi), Northern Thai ᩈᩲ, Isan ใส, Lao ໃສ (sai), Lü ᦺᦉ (ṡay), Tai Dam ꪻꪎ, Shan သႂ် (sǎue), Tai Nüa ᥔᥬᥴ (sáue), Ahom 𑜏𑜧 (saw) or 𑜏𑜧𑜤 (sawu). ==== Adjective ==== saw (Sawndip forms 𰝓 or ⿱西心 or 㳏, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ) clean (of transparent objects, water, etc.) clear (of liquids other than water) watery; thin === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 輸?”) ==== Verb ==== saw (Sawndip forms 𰷙 or 賒 or 輸, 1957–1982 spelling səɯ) to lose