saun

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English

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Noun

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saun (plural sauns)

  1. 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.

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Estonian

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Saun

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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saun (genitive sauna, partitive sauna)

  1. sauna
    1. A heated building or room made for sweating and washing.
      Spaas on ka mitu sauna ja jõusaal.
      The spa has also many saunas and a gym.
    2. The act of using a sauna.
      Pärast trenni on hea saunas käia
      It feels great to have a sauna after a workout.

Declension

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Declension of saun (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
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

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References

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Middle English

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Preposition

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saun

  1. Alternative form of saunz

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English sound.

Noun

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saun

  1. sound

Volapük

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Noun

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saun

  1. health