savi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Despite the spelling, no dialect shows a pronunciation with /v/. The expected spelling with ⟨b⟩ is attested in Old Catalan.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsa.βi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsa.bi]

savi m (plural savis, feminine sàvia)

1. wise person, sage

savi (feminine sàvia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural sàvies)

1. wise

• “savi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsavi]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi (present savas, past savis, future savos, conditional savus, volitive savu)

1. to save, rescue

• savo

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi (genitive savi, partitive savi)

1. clay

Declension of savi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		savi	savid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	savi
genitive			savide
partitive		savi	savisid
illative		savisse	savidesse
inessive		savis	savides
elative		savist	savidest
allative		savile	savidele
adessive		savil	savidel
ablative		savilt	savidelt
translative		saviks	savideks
terminative		savini	savideni
essive		savina	savidena
abessive		savita	savideta
comitative		saviga	savidega

• “savi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe. Cognates include Estonian savi, Erzya сёвонь (śovoń) and Eastern Mari шун (šun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋi]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋi
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧vi

savi

1. clay (mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina)

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

• “savi”, 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

• visa

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavi/

savi

1. plural of savo

From Proto-Finnic *savi. Cognates include Finnish savi and Estonian savi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈs̠ɑʋi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʋi/, [ˈʃɑʋi]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi

1. clay
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.

     The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and others.

Declension of savi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	savi	savet
genitive	saven	savviin, saviloin
partitive	savvia	savija, saviloja
illative	savvee	savvii, saviloihe
inessive	saves	savis, savilois
elative	savest	savist, saviloist
allative	savelle	saville, saviloille
adessive	savel	savil, saviloil
ablative	savelt	savilt, saviloilt
translative	saveks	saviks, saviloiks
essive	savenna, savveen	savinna, saviloinna, savviin, saviloin
exessive1)	savent	savint, saviloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сави”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vi/
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: sà‧vi

savi

1. masculine plural of savio

savi m

1. plural of savio

• Vasi, svia, vasi

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

savi

1. nominative plural masculine of savs

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

savi

1. (Southern) Alternative form of saven

From Old Occitan savi, from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”).

• Audio:

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savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

1. wise

From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”).

savi m (feminine singular savia, masculine plural savis, feminine plural savias)

1. wise

• Occitan: savi
• → Italian: savio
• → Sicilian: saviu

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 202

From Proto-Mixtec *sawiʔ.

sàvì

1. rain

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 55–56

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi

1. clay

Inflection of savi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	savi
genitive sing.	saven
partitive sing.	saved
partitive plur.	savid
	singular	plural
nominative	savi	saved
accusative	saven	saved
genitive	saven	saviden
partitive	saved	savid
essive-instructive	saven	savin
translative	saveks	savikš
inessive	saves	saviš
elative	savespäi	savišpäi
illative	savehe	savihe
adessive	savel	savil
ablative	savelpäi	savilpäi
allative	savele	savile
abessive	saveta	savita
comitative	savenke	savidenke
prolative	savedme	savidme
approximative I	savenno	savidenno
approximative II	savennoks	savidennoks
egressive	savennopäi	savidennopäi
terminative I	savehesai	savihesai
terminative II	savelesai	savilesai
terminative III	savessai	—
additive I	savehepäi	savihepäi
additive II	savelepäi	savilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “глина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

savi (genitive savi, partitive savvi)

1. clay

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• savvi

From Proto-Finnic *savi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śawe.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑvi/, [ˈsɑvʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑvi
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi

savi

1. clay

Declension of savi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	savi	savõd
genitive	savõ	savijõ, savii
partitive	savvia	saviitõ, savii
illative	savvõsõ, savvõ	saviisõ
inessive	savõz	saviiz
elative	savõssõ	saviissõ
allative	savõlõ	saviilõ
adessive	savõllõ	saviillõ
ablative	savõltõ	saviiltõ
translative	savõssi	saviissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn