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savu.

smoke

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑʋu/[ˈs̠ɑ̝ʋu]
  1. smoke

  2. A particular unit for taxation used from the Late Middle Ages into the early modern period in Sweden and Finland.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *sauvu (compare Livonian so’v), possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *śëwwe (“smoke”) (compare Northern Sami suovva and possibly Erzya сув (suv, “fog, curtain”)). * (unit of taxation): Originally defined based on the number of residential buildings with a chimney. Compare Swedish rök, Russian дым (dym), both literally meaning “smoke” but also adapted as terms for taxation.

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