seiva

• IPA^(key): [ˈsej.βɐ]

Inherited from Latin saliva. Displaced by saíva and the borrowed saliva, probably because of seiva (“sap”). For another possibly inherited example, see Italian scialiva.

• saíva

seiva f (plural seivas)

1. (dated) saliva

   Synonyms: cuspe, saliva

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:

     o que mays forte he de todos estos he o poo do rrosalgar amasado con seiua d'ome

     the strongest of them all is realgar power mixed with human saliva

Borrowed from French sève and probably influenced by its homophone.

seiva f (plural seivas)

1. sap

• → Spanish: savia (or from Portuguese)

seiva

1. inflection of seivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seiva”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seiva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seiva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seiva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English save.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseiːva/

  Rhymes: -eiːva

seiva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seivaði, supine seivað)

1. (computing, informal) to save

   Synonym: vista

Inherited from Latin salīva.

• saíva (dated)

seiva f (plural seivas)

1. (Northern Portugal) saliva

Borrowed from French sève and perhaps influenced by its homophone.

seiva f (plural seivas)

1. sap (circulating fluid of plants)

• → Spanish: savia (or from Galician)

• “seiva”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “seiva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “seiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “seiva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “seiva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “seiva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024