sov
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Sonsorolese with v as a placeholder.
Symbol
sov
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Sonsorolese terms
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
- IPA(key): [ˈsof]
Noun
sov
- genitive plural of sova
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɒwˀ]
Verb
sov
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *savu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoˀv/, [ˈsoˀu̯vː]
Noun
so’v
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | so’v | so’vd |
| genitive (genitīv) | so’v | so’vd |
| partitive (partitīv) | so’vvõ | so’vḑi |
| dative (datīv) | so’vvõn | so’vdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | so’vvõks | so’vdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | so’vvõ | so’vži |
| inessive (inesīv) | so’vsõ | so’vši |
| elative (elatīv) | so’vstõ | so’všti |
References
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “so’v”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
sov
- inflection of sove:
- imperative
- simple past
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
sov
- inflection of sove:
- past
- imperative
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːv/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oːv
Verb
sov
- inflection of sova:
- past indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *sji̯ouX (“warm”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 暑 (MC syoX, “hot, sultry”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʂɒ˧˦/
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[2], 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