sov

Clipping of English Sonsorolese with v as a placeholder.

sov

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sonsorolese terms

Shortened from sovereign.

• Rhymes: -ɒv

sov (plural sovs)

1. (British, slang) Pound sterling.

   That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs.

2. (British, slang) A sovereign (former gold coin).

• (pound sterling)
  • (standard English) pound, pound sterling
  • (slang) nicker, quid

• OSV, OVS, OVs, SVO, VOS, VOs, VSO, Vos

sov (definite accusative sovu, plural sovlar)

1. only used in söz-sov

• “sov” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsof]

sov

1. genitive plural of sova

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɒwˀ]

sov

1. imperative of sove
2. past of sove

sov

1. inflection of sove:
   1. imperative
   2. simple past

sov

1. inflection of sove:
   1. past
   2. imperative

• IPA^(key): /soːv/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːv

sov

1. inflection of sova:
   1. past indicative
   2. imperative

• o.s.v., osv.

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *sji̯ouX (“warm”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 暑 (MC syoX, “hot, sultry”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ʂɒ˧˦/

sov

1. warm

   dej sov ― warm water

2. bustling with activity

   Koj lub tsev sov sov li. ― Your house is bustling with activity (("warm" with people and noise).

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.