sov

See also: SOV, śov, šov, şov, söv, sov., søv, and шов

English

Etymology

Shortened from sovereign.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒv

Noun

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).

Synonyms

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Noun

sov (definite accusative sovu, plural sovlar)

  1. Only used in söz-sov

Further reading

  • sov” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsof]

Noun

sov

  1. genitive plural of sova

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɒwˀ]

Verb

sov

  1. imperative of sove
  2. past of sove

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sov

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sov

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːv/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːv

Verb

sov

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

Anagrams

White Hmong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂɒ˧˦/

Adjective

sov

  1. warm
    dej sovwarm water
  2. 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, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 299.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 270; 282.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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