savana
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsavana]
Noun
savana f
- savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)
Declension
Declension of savana (hard feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | savana | savany |
| genitive | savany | savan |
| dative | savaně | savanám |
| accusative | savanu | savany |
| vocative | savano | savany |
| locative | savaně | savanách |
| instrumental | savanou | savanami |
Further reading
- “savanna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “savana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “savana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Taíno [Term?].
Noun
savana f (plural savane)
Anagrams
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
Derived from Sanskrit श्रवण (śravaṇa, “hearing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su + -ana.
Noun
- hearing,[1][2] listening
- c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:
- 121. Su savane saka sattimhi
khi khayamhi gi saddane
apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.- 121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.
- ear[1][2]
Declension
Declension table of "savana" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | savanaṃ | savanāni |
| Accusative (second) | savanaṃ | savanāni |
| Instrumental (third) | savanena | savanehi or savanebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃ | savanānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | savanasmā or savanamhā or savanā | savanehi or savanebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | savanassa | savanānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savane | savanesu |
| Vocative (calling) | savana | savanāni |
Descendants
→ Thai: สวน (sà-wá-ná-), “listening”)
Etymology 2
Derived from Sanskrit स्रवण (sravaṇa, “flowing”), but reformed from the consonants surviving in Pali. From the root su + -ana.
Noun
Declension
Declension table of "savana" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | savanaṃ | savanāni |
| Accusative (second) | savanaṃ | savanāni |
| Instrumental (third) | savanena | savanehi or savanebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | savanassa or savanāya or savanatthaṃ | savanānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | savanasmā or savanamhā or savanā | savanehi or savanebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | savanassa | savanānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | savanasmiṃ or savanamhi or savane | savanesu |
| Vocative (calling) | savana | savanāni |
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sabana.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈvɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈba.nɐ/ [sɐˈβa.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na
Noun
savana f (plural savanas)
- savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)
References
- ^ “savana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “savana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saʋǎna/
- Hyphenation: sa‧va‧na
Noun
savàna f (Cyrillic spelling сава̀на)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | savàna | savane |
| genitive | savane | savánā |
| dative | savani | savanama |
| accusative | savanu | savane |
| vocative | savano | savane |
| locative | savani | savanama |
| instrumental | savanom | savanama |
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English savanna.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
savana class IX (plural savana class X)