sovel

Middle English

Noun

sovel

  1. Alternative form of sowel (“food”)

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Vedic Sanskrit स्वपति (svapati).[1][2][3]

Verb

sovel

  1. to sleep[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “svápati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 804
  2. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “sovél¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 263a
  3. Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “s/ovel, -utǎ[s]”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 330a
  5. Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “sovel (sutǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155a

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sofl, cognate to Old English sufel (> English sowl). Related to soppa (“soup”), supa (“drink alcohol”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoːvɛl/
  • Rhymes: -oːvɛl

Noun

sovel c

  1. food which is not bread or potatoes, e.g. meat, fish or sandwich toppings (pålägg)

Declension

Declension of sovel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sovel sovlet — —
Genitive sovels sovlets — —

Derived terms

References

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