saun
English
Noun
saun (plural sauns)
- A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
- 1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123,
- Though on some occasions the mahouts accompany the koomkies up to the saun, yet it is safer, and generally the most sure and easy mode, for them to dismount in some contiguous cover with their blankets and ropes, leading the koomkies to the saun, towards which they proceed in the most cunning style.
- 1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123,
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sakna, possibly from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”), cognate with English stack, Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) and dialectal Swedish stake (“hearth, fireplace”). Possibly also from Proto-Germanic *sāpnaz (“a place of soap”). Cognate with Finnish sauna, Livvi saunu, Livonian sōna and Northern Sami suovdnji (“a pit dug in snow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯n/
- Rhymes: -ɑun
Noun
Declension
Declension of saun (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | saun | saunad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | sauna | ||
genitive | saunade | ||
partitive | sauna | saunu saunasid | |
illative | sauna saunasse |
saunadesse saunusse | |
inessive | saunas | saunades saunus | |
elative | saunast | saunadest saunust | |
allative | saunale | saunadele saunule | |
adessive | saunal | saunadel saunul | |
ablative | saunalt | saunadelt saunult | |
translative | saunaks | saunadeks saunuks | |
terminative | saunani | saunadeni | |
essive | saunana | saunadena | |
abessive | saunata | saunadeta | |
comitative | saunaga | saunadega |
Derived terms
- saunik
- saunaline
- saunandus
- saunatama
- saunatamine
- saunataja
- saunakütja
- saunakütmine
- saunaminek
- saunaskäija
- saunaskäik
Related terms
- saunaviht
- aurusaun
- leilisaun
- suitsusaun
- veresaun
References
Middle English
Volapük
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