saa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saa"

Languages (23)

Translingual

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Saba.

Symbol

saa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Saba.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Saba terms

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *šʷaˑ

Noun

saa (Mentasta)

1. sun
2. month

Usage notes

This term is primarily used in the Mentasta dialect. In other dialects, naʼaay is preferred.

Derived terms

• cʼedzak saa (“January”)
• debae saa (“November”)
• nicuunn saa (“October”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 448

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈʔa/ [saˈʔa]

Noun

saá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜀ)

1. alternative form of tsa (“tea”)

Ese

Noun

saa

1. tide

Estonian

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saama:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ː] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ː(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): saa
• Hyphenation^(key): saa

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saada:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish صاغ (sag) and Ottoman Turkish صاغ (sağ), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sag. Compare Turkish sağ, Azerbaijani sağ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑː/

Adjective

saa

1. alive

   Synonym: cannı

   Antonym: ölü

2. located on right side
3. at good health, healthy

Derived terms

• saalık

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsə (“to be hot”).

Noun

saa

1. sickness, pain

Verb

saa

1. to be sick

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From saavva (“to get”). Compare Finnish saakka.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

Postposition

saa (+ illative or allative)

1. (of time) up to, until
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Sil viisii teemmä siihe saa kunis vesi puteliis ei nois ennää mänömää șommelaks.

     We'll do this until the water in the bottle stops becoming cloudy again.

     (literally, “We'll do it this way up to that until the water in the bottle doesn't start becoming cloudy any longer.”)

2. (of distance or motion) all the way to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.

     They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:

     Miulle mama ompeli paljton maaha saa.

     Mum sewed me a coat [stretching] all the way to the ground.

saa (+ elative or ablative)

1. (of time) ever since
2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Usage notes

• In the senses "up to" and "all the way to", saa may function as a separate case ending, the terminative, which is appended onto an illative stem, rather than the full illative: If the illative were to be followed by the illative markers -sse or -hV, these markers are dropped. This however varies from speaker to speaker and is not written in the literary language.

Synonyms

• nasse, nas, nast, asse, as, ast

Derived terms

• hikkee saa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː/, [ˈʃɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: saa

Verb

saa

1. inflection of saavva:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ.ɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɑ/, [ˈʃɑ.ɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.ɑ
• Hyphenation: sa‧a

Verb

saa

1. inflection of sattaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 510

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin sāl, salem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.a/

Noun

saa f

1. (chemistry, seasonings) salt

Lutuv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sā.ā]
• Hyphenation: sa‧a

Noun

saa

1. flesh, meat

References

• Kelly Harper Berkson, Amanda Bohnert, Sui Hnem Par (2022), “Consonant Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎, volume 3, number 1

Manx

Alternative forms

• s'aa

Etymology

Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) +‎ aa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛː/

Adjective

saa

1. superlative degree of aeg (“young, adolescent, immature”)

   T'eh tree bleeaney ny saa na mish ― He is my junior by three years.

   Y mac saa. ― The youngest son.

Medumba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *sàŋ´ (“star”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa᷆ː/

Noun

saa

1. star

References

• Mambəlemα Dictionary‎, SIL International, 2022

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Swahili saa. Doublet of isaha.

Noun

saá class 9

1. o'clock

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Afar sagá, Hadiyya saayya and Somali sác.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː/
• Hyphenation: saa

Noun

saa f 

1. cow

Declension

Declension of saa (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	saa
nominative	saa	saa
genitive	saate*)	saa*)
dative	saate	saara
accusative	saa*)
ablative	saatenni	saanni

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 29