See also: Sauna, saŭna, saună, sauną, and sa una

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.nə/, (respecting Finnish pronunciation) /ˈsaʊ.nə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːnə

Noun

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sauna (plural saunas)

  1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
    The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
  2. The act of using a sauna.
    John had a sauna after his swim.
    Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
  3. A public sauna.
  4. In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 250:
      McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.
  5. (informal, figuratively) A very hot place or room.

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Verb

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sauna (third-person singular simple present saunas, present participle saunaing, simple past and past participle saunaed)

  1. To use a sauna.

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Finnish sauna.

Noun

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sauna (definite accusative saunanı, plural saunalar)

  1. sauna

Declension

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    Declension of sauna
singular plural
nominative sauna
saunalar
definite accusative saunanı
saunaları
dative saunaya
saunalara
locative saunada
saunalarda
ablative saunadan
saunalardan
definite genitive saunanın
saunaların
    Possessive forms of sauna
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) saunam saunalarım
sənin (your) saunan saunaların
onun (his/her/its) saunası saunaları
bizim (our) saunamız saunalarımız
sizin (your) saunanız saunalarınız
onların (their) saunası or saunaları saunaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) saunamı saunalarımı
sənin (your) saunanı saunalarını
onun (his/her/its) saunasını saunalarını
bizim (our) saunamızı saunalarımızı
sizin (your) saunanızı saunalarınızı
onların (their) saunasını or saunalarını saunalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) saunama saunalarıma
sənin (your) saunana saunalarına
onun (his/her/its) saunasına saunalarına
bizim (our) saunamıza saunalarımıza
sizin (your) saunanıza saunalarınıza
onların (their) saunasına or saunalarına saunalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) saunamda saunalarımda
sənin (your) saunanda saunalarında
onun (his/her/its) saunasında saunalarında
bizim (our) saunamızda saunalarımızda
sizin (your) saunanızda saunalarınızda
onların (their) saunasında or saunalarında saunalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) saunamdan saunalarımdan
sənin (your) saunandan saunalarından
onun (his/her/its) saunasından saunalarından
bizim (our) saunamızdan saunalarımızdan
sizin (your) saunanızdan saunalarınızdan
onların (their) saunasından or saunalarından saunalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) saunamın saunalarımın
sənin (your) saunanın saunalarının
onun (his/her/its) saunasının saunalarının
bizim (our) saunamızın saunalarımızın
sizin (your) saunanızın saunalarınızın
onların (their) saunasının or saunalarının saunalarının

Further reading

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  • sauna” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

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Noun

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sauna f (plural saunes)

  1. sauna

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

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sauna f

  1. sauna

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

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Noun

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sauna m (plural sauna's, diminutive saunaatje n)

  1. sauna
    • 1926 January 26, "Lezing te Amsterdam van den heer Schuiling over Finland", Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (evening edition, D), page 2.
      Een deel der talrijke lichtbeelden had betrekking op Lönnrot en zijn beroemde Kalewala, en in verband daarmede kreeg de Sauna (badhuis) een beurt.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (often diminutive) a session in a sauna

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Estonian

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Noun

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sauna

  1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of saun

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

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Noun

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sauna f (genitive singular saunu, plural saunur)

  1. sauna

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Declension of sauna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sauna saunan saunur saunurnar
accusative saunu saununa saunur saunurnar
dative saunu saununi saunum saununum
genitive saunu saununnar sauna saunanna

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sakna, possibly borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *stakna- (later *stakkaz, whence English stack). Cognates include Estonian saun, Karelian soakna. Older sense "winter dwelling, a pit dug into snow for temporary shelter", compare Northern Sami suovdnji (pit dug in snow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯nɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝u̯nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sau‧na

Noun

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sauna

  1. sauna
    Jos ei viina, terva ja sauna auta, niin tauti on kuolemaksi. (Finnish saying)
    An illness will kill you if booze, tar and sauna won't heal it.
  2. Any bath where sweating is part of the bathing process.
    turkkilainen saunaTurkish bath
  3. (figuratively) a very hot place
    Synonyms: helvetti, pätsi
    Täällä on kuin saunassa.
    It's like a sauna in here.

Declension

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Inflection of sauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sauna saunat
genitive saunan saunojen
partitive saunaa saunoja
illative saunaan saunoihin
singular plural
nominative sauna saunat
accusative nom. sauna saunat
gen. saunan
genitive saunan saunojen
saunain rare
partitive saunaa saunoja
inessive saunassa saunoissa
elative saunasta saunoista
illative saunaan saunoihin
adessive saunalla saunoilla
ablative saunalta saunoilta
allative saunalle saunoille
essive saunana saunoina
translative saunaksi saunoiksi
abessive saunatta saunoitta
instructive saunoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative saunani saunani
accusative nom. saunani saunani
gen. saunani
genitive saunani saunojeni
saunaini rare
partitive saunaani saunojani
inessive saunassani saunoissani
elative saunastani saunoistani
illative saunaani saunoihini
adessive saunallani saunoillani
ablative saunaltani saunoiltani
allative saunalleni saunoilleni
essive saunanani saunoinani
translative saunakseni saunoikseni
abessive saunattani saunoittani
instructive
comitative saunoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative saunasi saunasi
accusative nom. saunasi saunasi
gen. saunasi
genitive saunasi saunojesi
saunaisi rare
partitive saunaasi saunojasi
inessive saunassasi saunoissasi
elative saunastasi saunoistasi
illative saunaasi saunoihisi
adessive saunallasi saunoillasi
ablative saunaltasi saunoiltasi
allative saunallesi saunoillesi
essive saunanasi saunoinasi
translative saunaksesi saunoiksesi
abessive saunattasi saunoittasi
instructive
comitative saunoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative saunamme saunamme
accusative nom. saunamme saunamme
gen. saunamme
genitive saunamme saunojemme
saunaimme rare
partitive saunaamme saunojamme
inessive saunassamme saunoissamme
elative saunastamme saunoistamme
illative saunaamme saunoihimme
adessive saunallamme saunoillamme
ablative saunaltamme saunoiltamme
allative saunallemme saunoillemme
essive saunanamme saunoinamme
translative saunaksemme saunoiksemme
abessive saunattamme saunoittamme
instructive
comitative saunoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative saunanne saunanne
accusative nom. saunanne saunanne
gen. saunanne
genitive saunanne saunojenne
saunainne rare
partitive saunaanne saunojanne
inessive saunassanne saunoissanne
elative saunastanne saunoistanne
illative saunaanne saunoihinne
adessive saunallanne saunoillanne
ablative saunaltanne saunoiltanne
allative saunallenne saunoillenne
essive saunananne saunoinanne
translative saunaksenne saunoiksenne
abessive saunattanne saunoittanne
instructive
comitative saunoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative saunansa saunansa
accusative nom. saunansa saunansa
gen. saunansa
genitive saunansa saunojensa
saunainsa rare
partitive saunaansa saunojaan
saunojansa
inessive saunassaan
saunassansa
saunoissaan
saunoissansa
elative saunastaan
saunastansa
saunoistaan
saunoistansa
illative saunaansa saunoihinsa
adessive saunallaan
saunallansa
saunoillaan
saunoillansa
ablative saunaltaan
saunaltansa
saunoiltaan
saunoiltansa
allative saunalleen
saunallensa
saunoilleen
saunoillensa
essive saunanaan
saunanansa
saunoinaan
saunoinansa
translative saunakseen
saunaksensa
saunoikseen
saunoiksensa
abessive saunattaan
saunattansa
saunoittaan
saunoittansa
instructive
comitative saunoineen
saunoinensa

Meronyms

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Basic sauna vocabulary:

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compounds

Descendants

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  • English: sauna
  • French: sauna
  • German: Sauna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sauna
  • Russian: са́уна (sáuna) (see there for further descendants)

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French

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /so.na/

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sauna m (plural saunas)

  1. sauna

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sáu.nàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáu.nàː]

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saunā̀ m or f (plural saunōnī, possessed form saunàn)

  1. fool, incompetent person

Ingrian

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Sauna (1).

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *sakna. Cognates include Finnish sauna and Estonian saun.

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Noun

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sauna

  1. sauna, banya
    • 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Tari loan kylästä, “1465. Soikkola, Viistinä, III336”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[2], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, line 1:
      Sai miun saunaa emmoin,
      My mother got into my banya,
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 27:
      Eli oli keltasuin cirkkulaisen poika, kutsuttii häntä Puudikka, eli hää saunan ikkunan pääl, ylimäisen nalicnikan takan, soojaas pesääs.
      There was a yellow-beaked young of a sparrow, he was called Puudikka, he lived on the window of a banya, behind the upper trim, in a warm nest.
    • 2008, Inkeri[3], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 13:
      Kel on koltkymment vootta, kel on 35, kel on 26 vootta, i, perkele, käyvät, tullaa humalas, evät... mitä höö söövät, miä vaa, mitä höö söövät! Saunaa pittää, halkoa kera ossettu. Mitälee pittää tehä.
      Who is thirty years old, who is 35, who is 26 years old, and, darn it, they go, they drink themselves silly, they don't, they eat nothing, only me, they eat nothing! When you go to the banya, one has to have bought the billets. One has to do something.
  2. (colloquial) beating
    antaa kellelee saunaato give a beating to someone

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Declension of sauna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sauna saunat
genitive saunan saunoin
partitive saunaa saunoja
illative saunaa saunoi
inessive saunaas saunois
elative saunast saunoist
allative saunalle saunoille
adessive saunaal saunoil
ablative saunalt saunoilt
translative saunaks saunoiks
essive saunanna, saunaan saunoinna, saunoin
exessive1) saunant saunoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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  • (banya): (dialectal, obsolete) kyli

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References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сауна”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 691
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 508

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsaw.na/
  • Rhymes: -awna
  • Hyphenation: sàu‧na

Noun

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sauna f (plural saune)

  1. sauna

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Japanese

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Romanization

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sauna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of サウナ

Lithuanian

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sauna

Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

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Noun

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sáuna f (plural saunos) stress pattern 1

  1. sauna (sauna room or house)
    Synonym: (more general) pirtis

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References

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  • sauna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Polish

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sauna

Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English sauna, French sauna, German Sauna, ultimately from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

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Noun

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sauna f

  1. sauna (sauna room or house)
  2. sauna (act of using a sauna)

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Further reading

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  • sauna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sauna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaw.nɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaw.na/ [ˈsaʊ̯.na]

  • Rhymes: -awnɐ
  • Hyphenation: sau‧na

Noun

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sauna f (plural saunas)

  1. sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sâuna/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧u‧na

Noun

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sȁuna f (Cyrillic spelling са̏уна)

  1. sauna

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References

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  • sauna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

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sauna f

  1. sauna

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Further reading

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  • sauna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsauna/ [ˈsau̯.na]
  • Rhymes: -auna
  • Syllabification: sau‧na

Noun

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sauna f (plural saunas)

  1. sauna

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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sa-una.

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Adjective

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sauna (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜂᜈ)

  1. of the old generation; of days long gone
    mga taong saunapeople of the old generation

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic *sakna.

Noun

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sauna (definite accusative saunayı, plural saunalar)

  1. sauna

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Inflection
Nominative sauna
Definite accusative saunayı
Singular Plural
Nominative sauna saunalar
Definite accusative saunayı saunaları
Dative saunaya saunalara
Locative saunada saunalarda
Ablative saunadan saunalardan
Genitive saunanın saunaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular saunam saunalarım
2nd singular saunan saunaların
3rd singular saunası saunaları
1st plural saunamız saunalarımız
2nd plural saunanız saunalarınız
3rd plural saunaları saunaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular saunamı saunalarımı
2nd singular saunanı saunalarını
3rd singular saunasını saunalarını
1st plural saunamızı saunalarımızı
2nd plural saunanızı saunalarınızı
3rd plural saunalarını saunalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular saunama saunalarıma
2nd singular saunana saunalarına
3rd singular saunasına saunalarına
1st plural saunamıza saunalarımıza
2nd plural saunanıza saunalarınıza
3rd plural saunalarına saunalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular saunamda saunalarımda
2nd singular saunanda saunalarında
3rd singular saunasında saunalarında
1st plural saunamızda saunalarımızda
2nd plural saunanızda saunalarınızda
3rd plural saunalarında saunalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular saunamdan saunalarımdan
2nd singular saunandan saunalarından
3rd singular saunasından saunalarından
1st plural saunamızdan saunalarımızdan
2nd plural saunanızdan saunalarınızdan
3rd plural saunalarından saunalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular saunamın saunalarımın
2nd singular saunanın saunalarının
3rd singular saunasının saunalarının
1st plural saunamızın saunalarımızın
2nd plural saunanızın saunalarınızın
3rd plural saunalarının saunalarının