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See also:SAW,Saw,sAw,s'aw,andšaw

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping ofEnglishSawi, fromSaviساوی(Savi).

Symbol

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saw

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forSawi.

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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A saw—a tool

The noun fromMiddle Englishsawe,sawgh, fromOld Englishsaga,sagu(“saw”), fromProto-West Germanic*sagu, fromProto-Germanic*sagô,*sagō(“saw”), fromProto-Indo-European*sek-(“to cut”).

Cognate withWest Frisianseage(“saw”),Dutchzaag(“saw”),GermanSäge(“saw”),Danishsav(“saw”),Swedishsåg(“saw”),Icelandicsög(“saw”), and through Indo-European, withLatinsecō(“cut”) andItaliansega(“saw”).

The verb fromMiddle Englishsawen, from the noun above.

Noun

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saw (pluralsaws)

  2. Atool with a toothedblade used for cuttinghardsubstances, in particularwood ormetal.
    1. Such a tool with anabrasive coating instead ofteeth.
  3. Amusical saw.
  4. Asawtooth wave.
  5. (whist) The situation where twopartners agree totrump asuit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Terms derived fromsaw (noun)
Descendants
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  • Sranan Tongo:sa
Translations
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tool
musical saw—seemusical saw
sawtooth wave—seesawtooth wave

Verb

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saw (third-person singular simple presentsaws,present participlesawing,simple pastsawed,past participlesawedorsawn)

  1. (transitive) Tocut (something) with a saw.
  2. (intransitive) To make amotion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
    • 1835, James Hogg,The Story of Euphemia Hewit:
      He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to himself — for, like me, hesawed a good deal on the fiddle;[…]
  3. (intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
    The timbersaws smoothly.
  4. (transitive) Toform orproduce (something) by cutting with a saw.
    tosaw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
    tosaw shingles
    tosaw out a panel
Derived terms
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Translations
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cut with a saw
make a motion back and forth as with a saw

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishsawe, fromOld Englishsagu,saga(“story, tale, saying, statement, report, narrative, tradition”), fromProto-West Germanic*sagā, fromProto-Germanic*sagō,*sagǭ(“saying, story”), fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷe-,*skʷē-, from*sekʷ-(“to say”).

Cognate withDutchsage(“saga”),GermanSage(“legend, saga, tale, fable”),Danishsagn(“legend”),Norwegiansoga(“story”),Icelandicsaga(“story, tale, history”). More atsaga,say.Doublet ofsaga.

Noun

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saw (pluralsaws)

  1. (obsolete) Something spoken;speech,discourse.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC:
      And for thy trewsawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid […].
      And for your truediscourses, and I may live many winters, there was never no knight better rewarded […].
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic) Asaying orproverb.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:saying
    • c.1598–1600 (date written),William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene vii], lines152-5:
      And then the justice, / In fair round belly with goodcapon lined, / With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, / Full of wisesaws and modern instances.
    • 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee,Masque of the Edwards of England, page 8:
      At his crowning[…] the priest in his honour preached on thesaw, 'Vox populi, vox Dei.'
    • 2017, Andrew Marantz, "Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon", The New Yorker, Feb 13&20 ed.
      There’s an oldsaw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties know more about the minutiae of government than their bosses do.
  3. (obsolete)Opinion,idea,belief.
    by thysaw ―in your opinion
    communesaw ―common opinion/knowledge
    on nosaw ―by no means
  4. (obsolete)Proposal,suggestion;possibility.
    • c. 1350-1400, unknown,The Erl of Toulous
      All they assentyd to thesawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
  5. (obsolete)Dictate;command;decree.
Derived terms
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Translations
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saying or proverb

Etymology 3

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Verb

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saw

  1. simplepast ofsee
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard)pastparticiple ofsee
    • 1907,Report of the Special Committee of Investigation of the Government Hospital for the Insane‎[1], Govrnment Printing Office, page297:
      Mr.Harbaugh. All instances that I havesaw.
    • 2006, K.C. Carceral,Prison, Inc: A Convict Exposes Life Inside a Private Prison‎[2], NYU Press,→ISBN, page68:
      “I think so. He might havesaw him already. Shit dude, I don't know. You run the place.”
    • 2014 October 7, Frances O'Roark Dowell,Anybody Shining‎[3], Simon & Schuster,→ISBN, page110:
      “I might havesaw something,” I told him. “At least I think I might havesaw something. Only I couldn't say what.”
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Anagrams

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Atong (India)

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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saw (Bengali scriptসাৱ)

  1. rotten

Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Englishsauf, fromOld Frenchsauf, fromLatinsalvus, fromProto-Indo-European*solh₂wós.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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saw

  1. healthy,well
  2. safe,secure

Conjunction

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saw

  1. but,except

Khasi

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Khasi cardinal numbers
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   Cardinal :saw

Etymology

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FromProto-Khasian*saːw, an innovation of the Khasian branch. Cognate withPnarsoo.

Numeral

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saw

  1. four

Middle English

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Noun

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saw

  1. saw
    • 1387,Ranulf Higden, translated byJohn of Trevisa,Polychronicon:
      Þe more comounsawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
      The more commonopinion is that Remus was slain for he lept over the new walls of Rome.

Mizo

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Determiner

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saw (ergative and obliquesâwn)

  1. thatover there

Pronoun

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saw (pluralsâwng)

  1. thatover there

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Mizo demonstratives
PronounDeterminer
SingularPluralUnmarkedOblique
Near the speakerhei,hehênghihian
Near the addresseekhakhângkhakhân
Up therekhikhîngkhikhian
Down therekhukhûngkhukhuan
Far awaysawsâwngsawsâwn
Unseenchuchûngchuchuan

Note that all pronoun forms of the demonstratives are pronounced with different tones to their determiner counterparts. Oblique forms are pronounced with one tone when used in the ergative, and a different tone in other cases.

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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saw ?

  1. terror
  2. horror

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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saw (notcomparable)

  1. (Western Kraków, Częstochowa Voivodeship, Kielce, Słupia, Jędrzejów County)alternative form ofhaw

Further reading

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  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “saw”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, inPrace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page245

Scots

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Pronunciation

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  • (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects)IPA(key): /sa/
  • (Central and some Southern Scots dialects)IPA(key): /sɔ/

Etymology 1

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Verb

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saw

  1. (Southern Scots)simplepast tense ofsei
  2. (Northern Scots and Central Scots)simplepast tense ofsee

Etymology 2

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Noun

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saw (pluralsaws)

  1. Asalve.

Zhuang

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Tai*sɯːᴬ(“writing;book”), fromMiddle Chinese書 (MC syo, “writing; book”). Cognate withLaoສື(sư̄),Thaiสือ(sʉ̌ʉ).

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Noun

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saw (Sawndip forms𭨡or字or𰗂or𭓙or𰁈,1957–1982 spellingsəɯ)

  1. writtenlanguage;writing;script
  2. (Chinese) character
  3. word
  4. book
  5. teachingmaterial
  6. receipt;voucher
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Etymology 2

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FromProto-Tai*saɰᴬ(“clear;clean”). Cognate withThaiใส(sǎi),Northern Thaiᩈᩲ,Isanใส,Laoໃສ(sai),Lüᦺᦉ(ṡay),Tai Damꪻꪎ,Shanသႂ်(sǎue),Tai Nüaᥔᥬᥴ(sáue),Ahom𑜏𑜧(saw) or𑜏𑜧𑜤(sawu).

Adjective

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saw (Sawndip forms𰝓or⿱西心or㳏,1957–1982 spellingsəɯ)

  1. clean
  2. (of transparent objects, water, etc.)clear
  3. (of liquids other than water)watery;thin

Etymology 3

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 輸?”)

Verb

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saw (Sawndip forms𰷙or賒,1957–1982 spellingsəɯ)

  1. tolose
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