sa

sa

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Abau

Noun

sa

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Ainu

Noun

sa (Kana spelling サ)

  1. elder sister
    Synonym: nanna

References

  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎[3], Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 385
  • Vovin, Alexander V. (2016), “On the Linguistic Prehistory of Hokkaidō”, in Gruzdeva Ekaterina; Janhunen Juha, editors, Crosslinguistics and Linguistic Crossings in Northeast Asia. Papers on the Languages of Sakhalin and Adjacent Regions (Studia Orientalia; 117), Helsinki, pages 29–38

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *si-a, a combination of two pronominal members, Proto-Indo-European *kwih₂ and *h₂ew-/h₂en-. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *tšja or, as per Meyer, from Greek σαν (san, “when, whenever”).

Pronoun

sa

  1. how much

Derived terms

  • sasi

References

Ama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Noun

sa

  1. rain

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰa/

Numeral

sa (Bengali script সা)

  1. one

Synonyms

  • rongsa
  • wan
  • eek

References

  • van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *caː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”); cognate with Halang cha, Koho saa, Semai ca, Pacoh cha, Khmer ស៊ី (sii) and Mon စ (cɛˀ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː/

Verb

sa

  1. to eat

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Banjarese

Etymology

Shortened form of asa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Derived terms

  • sa-

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsa/
  • Homophone: ça

Adjective

sa (feminine sana, masculine plural sans, feminine plural sanes)

  1. healthy
Derived terms
  • sa i estalvi
  • sanament
  • sanejar
Related terms
  • insà
  • malsà
  • sanitat

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsa.

Article

sa f

  1. (Balearics) nominative feminine singular of es

Further reading

  • “sa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “sa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “sa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “sa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Duriankere

Noun

sa

  1. water

Further reading

  • Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Duun

Noun

sa

  1. fire

Further reading

  • Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 26

Estonian

Alternative forms

  • Sa (optional capitalization)

Etymology

Short form of sina

Pronoun

sa

  1. you, thou (personal pronoun of the second person of singular in unstressed positions)
    Mis sa teed seal? - What are you doing there?

See also

Finnish

Etymology

See sinä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Syllabification: sa

Pronoun

sa

  1. (personal, archaic, poetic) you (singular; in archaic English: thou).

Synonyms

  • sinä (standard Finnish)
  • sie (dialectal)
  • sä (colloquial)
  • sää (dialectal)

Anagrams

  • -as, as

French

Etymology

From Old French sa, from Latin sua feminine form of suus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Determiner

sa f

  1. (possessive) His, her, its, one's.

Related terms

1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

  • “sa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • as

Futuna-Aniwa

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *saqa.

Adjective

sa

  1. bad
  2. ugly

Galician

Etymology

Either from Proto-Germanic *saliz (“house, hall”), or from Proto-Germanic *sēaną (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa/

Noun

sa f (plural sas)

  1. generation, litter
  2. sowing season

References

  • “sa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik. Cognate with Tibetan གཅིག (gcig), Burmese တစ် (tac)

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Gothic

Romanization

sa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰

Guaraní

Numeral

sa

  1. hundred

Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Verb

sa

  1. to rain

Noun

sa

  1. the form of sako or its inflections after a determiner

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ça

Determiner

sa

  1. this
  2. these
  3. that
  4. those

Pronoun

sa

  1. (demonstrative) this
  2. (demonstrative) these
  3. (demonstrative) that
  4. (demonstrative) those
  5. (interrogative) what
  6. (relative) what

Derived terms

  • kisa

Haroi

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Hausa

Etymology

Generally thought to be from Proto-Chadic (compare Proto-Central Chadic *ɬa), but Newman dissents and considers it a possible borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sâː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sâː]

Noun

sâ m (feminine sānìyā, plural shānū, possessed form sân)

  1. bull, ox, cattle

Higaonon

Preposition

sa

  1. of

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Determiner

sa

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of sua.
    • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
      Segun sa opiniono la max (maxim) importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]
      According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Igbo

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (inherent tone): IPA(key): /sá/

Verb

sá

  1. to wash, to scrub.
    Ana m asa efere.
    I am washing plates.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

sa

  1. (Papua) Synonym of saya

Etymology 2

Shortened form of esa, from Malay se, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Irish

Etymology

From earlier ins an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠə/

Contraction

sa

  1. Contraction of i + an.

Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *i an never appears uncontracted. Used before consonant sounds only. Triggers lenition of b, c, f, g, m, and p in Munster and Ulster varieties and eclipsis in the Connacht varieties. Changes initial s to ts in feminine nouns and, in some varieties, masculine nouns.

Related terms

Further reading

  • "sa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “sa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “sa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • sà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa/*, /ˈsa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: sà

Verb

sa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sapere

References

  • sa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

sa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サ

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Numeral

sa (feminine sat)

  1. seven
    Synonym: sebɛa

Kamakan

Alternative forms

  • zan (Kamakan)

Noun

sa

  1. (Kotoxo) water

References

  • Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil
  • Márcio Silva Martins Andérbio, Revisão da família lingüística Kamakã proposta por Chestmir Loukotka (thesis, Université de Brasilia, 2007 page 52)

Ligurian

Verb

sa

  1. third-person singular present indicative of savéi

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • sinā

Etymology

See etymology at Finnish sinä.

Pronoun

sa

  1. you; second person pronoun, referring to the addressee

Declension

See also

  • minā, ma
  • tämā, ta

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

sa

  1. Obsolete spelling of za

Malay

Alternative forms

  • esa
  • ĕsă
  • se (se-)
  • sĕ (sĕ-)
  • să (să-)
  • اسا‎
  • س‎ (س-‎)

Etymology

Shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə/
  • Rhymes: -sə, -ə

Numeral

sa

  1. (pre-1972) Obsolete spelling of se

Derived terms

  • sa- / س-‎

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from Arabic حَتَّى‎ (ḥattā, “until; as far as; even”). The form, though without doubt unusual, might be explained from earlier *ħta by assimilation in fast speech. Compare Moroccan Arabic حتى‎ (ḥta). Compare also Spanish hasta, which, if related, might point to the existence of an obsolete Maghrebi variant *ḥastā. Joseph Aquilina preferred to derive the Maltese form from a contraction of Italian sino a, variant of fino a (“until; as far as”). Both may also have reinforced each other.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Preposition

sa

  1. until
  2. as far as

Mandarin

Romanization

sa (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄚ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 𠮿

sa

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of sà.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maranao

Noun

sa

  1. tea

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Masalit

Noun

sa

  1. water

References

  • Timothy Leffel, Focus constructions in Masalit (New York University, 05/31/2011)

Matal

Etymology 1

Likely from Proto-Chadic *sa (“to drink”).

Verb

sa

  1. to drink

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Chadic *(-)sə (“to come”).

Verb

sa

  1. to come

References

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Synonyms

  • ciek

Derived terms

  • sa-

Northern Roglai

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sa

  1. simple past of si

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sa

  1. past tense of seia and seie

Ojibwe

Particle

sa

  1. emphasis marker

References

  • The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/sa-pc-disc

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sua, feminine of suus.

Determiner

sa f (masculine son, plural ses)

  1. his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive)

Descendants

  • French: sa

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swa

Conjunction

sā

  1. so
  2. as
  3. or

Old Irish

Determiner

sa

  1. Alternative spelling of so

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

sa

  1. he, it

Adjective

sa

  1. masculine nominative singular of ta (“that”)

Noun

sa

  1. vocative singular of san (“dog”)

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • sabi (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese saber and Spanish saber and Kabuverdianu sabe.

Verb

sa

  1. to know

Pawaia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sá/, [sá]

Noun

sa

  1. water

References

  • Phonological Considerations of Pawaia, in Oceania Linguistic Monographs, issues 14-15 (1971)
  • Transnewguinea.org, citing both D. Trefry, A comparative study of Kuman and Pawaian (1969) and G. E. MacDonald, The Teberan Language Family, pages 111-121, in The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Area, Papua New Guinea (editor K. J. Franklin) (1973)

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Rawang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ˧/

Etymology 1

Verb

sa

  1. to wait.

Etymology 2

Noun

sa

  1. bird; fowl.

Romani

Pronoun

sa

  1. all

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sa, from Latin sua, the feminine form of suus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Determiner

sa f

  1. feminine singular of său: his/her

Pronoun

sa f (possessive pronouns)

  1. (preceded by "a") his/hers (that which is his or hers)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin ipsa (“herself”), feminine of ipse (“himself”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Article

sa f sg (plural sas)

  1. the (feminine singular definite article)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • sa'

Etymology

anns + a'

Preposition

sa

  1. in the

Usage notes

  • Triggers lenition.
  • This form is used before nouns beginning with b, c, g, m or p; otherwise san is used instead.

Related terms

  • ann an

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

sa (Cyrillic spelling са)

  1. Alternative form of s; used instead of s when the following word or group of words start with sibilants s, z, š or ž and before instrumental form of first-person pronoun ja (mnom).

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Pronoun

sa

  1. Replaces the accusative of any personal pronoun whenever the object, whether expressed or implied, is of the same person as the subject. Typically can be translated as the corresponding version of oneself:
  2. (reflexive) Bound with certain verbs, similar to the Italian si. The pronoun is a part of the verb.

Usage notes

  • In regular sentences, it has to be on the 2nd position of the sentence.
  • In sentences in the past tense, sa moves to the third position while the inflected form of the verb byť takes the 2nd position.
  • In hypothetical sentences, sa moves to the fourth position of the sentences with the inflected form of byť occupying the 3rd position and the pronoun by taking the 2nd position.

See also

  • seba

Further reading

  • sa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-sa?

  1. to take

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Etymology 1

From English shall or borrowed from Dutch zal.

Particle

sa

  1. Verbal marker for modal aspect.
  2. Verbal marker for the future tense.
    Synonym: o

Etymology 2

From English saw.

Noun

sa

  1. A saw (tool with a serrated blade, used for sawing).

Sumerian

Romanization

sa

  1. Romanization of 𒊓 (sa)

Swazi

Verb

-sá

  1. to dawn

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of sade

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

sa

  1. (somewhat informal) past tense of säga.

Anagrams

  • -as, as

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa/

Preposition

sa

  1. indirect object marker; of, from, to, at, on, in, into, onto, through, among, around, for, by
  2. used in combination with other words to form more specific prepositional phrases:

Tunica

Noun

sa

  1. dog

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂaː˧˧] ~ [saː˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紗.

Noun

sa

  1. (medicine equipment) gauze

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • sà

Verb

sa

  1. to fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse

Welsh

Verb

sa (not mutable)

  1. (colloquial, South Wales) first-person singular present negative of bod
  2. (colloquial) Contraction of basai.

Usage notes

Unlike other negative verb forms, the present negative form—and so, which is used for all other persons—is not complemented by ddim after the subject.

West Frisian

Conjunction

sa

  1. so

Further reading

  • “sa (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Western Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *sa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

sa

  1. one

Xaragure

Etymology

Compare Drehu xe (“smack”).

Verb

sa

  1. hit

References

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Xhosa

Etymology 1

Verb

-sa?

  1. to take
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sâː]

Ideophone

sâ

  1. Signifies scattering.

Yámana

Pronoun

sa

  1. you

Zhuang

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θa˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: sa1
  • Hyphenation: sa

Noun

sa (Sawndip form 砟, old orthography sa)

  1. sand

Adjective

sa (old orthography sa)

  1. sandy

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa˧/

Adjective

sa

  1. hot

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n. Cognates include Burmese သား (sa:) and Sichuan Yi ꎸ (she).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa˧˥/

Noun

sá

  1. meat
  2. animal
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa˧˩/

Adjective

sà

  1. dense, thick

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-kéa.

Verb

-sá

  1. (intransitive) to dawn
Inflection

Etymology 2

Clipping of -yisa.

Verb

-sa

  1. (transitive) to take to
  2. (transitive) to convey, to send, to transfer
Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sa”
  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “sa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sa”

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