saliva

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• sə-līʹ-və
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• /səˈlaɪvə/
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A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow. Displaced Middle English slaver, slavere ("saliva"; whence Modern English slaver); and Middle English spyttle, spetel, spatel, spotel ("saliva"; whence Modern English spittle, spettle, spattle).

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: speeksel — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Dupaningan Agta: ibar — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Albanian: pështymë — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Southern Altai: чилекей (čilekey) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Southern Altai: шилекей (šilekey) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Southern Altai: тӱкӱрӱк (tükürük) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: لُعَاب (luʕāb) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: رِيق (rīq) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: بُزَاق (buzāq) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: لعاب (luʕāb) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: ريق (rīʔ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: ريالة (riyala) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: ريج (rīj) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Arabic: دفال (dfal) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Armenian: թուք (tʻukʻ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Assamese: লালটি (laloti) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Assamese: লেলাউটি (lelauti) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Asturian: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Asturian: cuspita — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Avar: хӏацӏу (ḥracʼu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Azerbaijani: tüpürcək — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bangi: ncoi — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bashkir: шайыҡ (şayıq) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bashkir: төкөрөк (tökörök) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bashkir: һеләгәй (heləgəy) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bashkir: шеләгәй (şeləgəy) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Basque: listu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Belarusian: слі́на (slína) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Belarusian: сьлі́на (sʹlína) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bengali: লালা (lala) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bengali: থুতু (thutu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bhojpuri: लार (lār) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Central Bikol: liwoy — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Breton: halo — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bulgarian: слю́нка (sljúnka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Bulgarian: плю́нка (pljúnka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Burmese: လျှာရည် (hlyarany) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Burmese: သွားရည် (swa:rany) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Caló: churró — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Caló: baba — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Catalan: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chamicuro: sakola — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Cherokee: ᏩᏥᎳ (watsila) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chichewa: malovu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Cantonese: 口水 (hau2 seoi2) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese: 瀾 /澜 (zh-min-nan) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 口水 (kǒushuǐ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 唾液 (tuòyè) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 唾沫 (tuòmo) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 口涎 (kǒuxián) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 涎水 (xiánshuǐ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chinese Mandarin: 吐沫 (tùmo) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Chuvash: сӗлеке (sĕlek̬e) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Crimean Tatar: silekiy — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Crimean Tatar: salya — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Crimean Tatar: tükürşük — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Czech: slina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old Czech: slina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Danish: spyt — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Dhivehi: ކުޅު (kuḷu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Dutch: speeksel — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆུ (kha chu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Esperanto: salivo — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Estonian: sülg — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Even: дялса (ʒalsa) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Evenki: дяликса (ʒaliksa) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Faroese: ráki — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Faroese: spýtt — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Faroese: sputt — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Finnish: sylki — liquid secreted into the mouth
• French: salive — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Galician: cuspe — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• German: Speichel — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐍂 (spaiskuldr) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Greek: σίελος (síelos) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Greek: σάλιο (sálio) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Ancient Greek: σίαλον (síalon) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Haitian Creole: saliv — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hebrew: רוק — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hebrew: רֹק (rok) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hindi: लार (lār) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hindi: राल (rāl) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hinukh: йоцӏу (yoc’u) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Hungarian: nyál — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Icelandic: slef — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Icelandic: munnvatn — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Indonesian: air ludah — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Indonesian: air liur — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Indonesian: ludah — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Indonesian: liur — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Irish: seile — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old Irish: saile — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Italian: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Japanese: 唾 — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Japanese: 唾液 (daeki) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Javanese: idu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Javanese: iler — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Javanese: kecoh — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old Javanese: idu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Kalmyk: шүлсн (şülsn) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Kazakh: сілекей (sılekei) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Khmer: ទឹកមាត់ (tɨk mŏət) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Khvarshi: йуцу (yucu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Kongo: meti — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Korean: 침 (chim) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Central Kurdish: لیک (lîk) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Northern Kurdish: tûk — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Northern Kurdish: lîk — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Kyrgyz: шилекей (şilekey) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Ladino: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Ladino: baba — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Lao: ນ້ໍາລາຍ (nam lāi) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Latgalian: slīkys — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Latgalian: seilys — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Latin: salīva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Latvian: siekalas — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Lezgi: цуькIуьн (cükIün) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Lingala: nsoi — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Lithuanian: seilės — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Lombard: spua — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Macedonian: плу́нка (plúnka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Macedonian: плу́канка (plúkanka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Maguindanao: duda — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Maltese: bżieq — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Manchu: ᠴᡳᡶᡝᠩᡤᡠ (cifenggu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Māori: hāware — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Māori: hūare — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Māori: hūware — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Māori: paraki — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Maranao: ayog — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Maranao: doda' — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Mohawk: ótskeriʼ — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Mongolian: шүлс (šüls) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Khiamniungan Naga: lèih — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Nahuatl: camacuitlatl — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Nanai: дилокса (ʒiloksa) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Navajo: shééʼ — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Nogai: силекей (silekey) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Norman: êcopi — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Norwegian Bokmål: spytt — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Occitan: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old English: spātl — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old English: spætl — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Pacoh: avia — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Pacoh: daq avia — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Paicî: erepwä — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Pashto: زيړې (zyaṛé) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Pashto: ښيالمې (x̌yãlme) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Iranian Persian: بُزَاق (bozâġ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Iranian Persian: آبدَهان (âb-dahân) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Iranian Persian: گِلیز (geliz) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Plautdietsch: Kjwiel — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Plautdietsch: Spie — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Polish: ślina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Portuguese: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Punjabi: ਰਾਲ਼ (rāḷ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Punjabi: رال (rāl) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Rapa Nui: 'a'anu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Romanian: salivă — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Russian: слюна́ (sljuná) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Russian: слю́нка (sljúnka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Kildin-Sami: чо̄ллк (čōllk) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Northern Sami: čolga — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Saurashtra: ꢆꢰ꣄ꢜꣁ (uṣṭo) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Scottish Gaelic: seile — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Serbo-Croatian: сли̏на — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Serbo-Croatian: slȉna — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Sikkimese: ཁ་མཆུ (kha mchu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Sindhi: ٿڪ (thuka) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Sindhi: لعاب (lu'aabu) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Sinhalese: කෙළ (keḷa) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Slovak: slina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Old Slovak: slina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Slovene: slina — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Spanish: saliva — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Swahili: mate — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Swedish: spott — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Swedish: saliv — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tagalog: lura — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tagalog: laway — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tajik: оби даҳан (ob-i dahan) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tamil: உமிழ்நீர் (umiḻnīr) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tamil: எச்சில் (eccil) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tamil: எச்சை (eccai) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tarifit: kuffu — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tatar: селәгәй (selägäy) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tausug: lura — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tày: nài — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tày: nài slâư — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Telugu: లాలాజలం (lālājalaṁ) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Thai: น้ําลาย (náam-laai) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Northern Thai: ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴᩃᩣ᩠ᨿ — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Tocharian B: pitke — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Turkish: salya — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Turkish: tükürük — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Turkmen: tüýkülik — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Udmurt: дыльды (dyľdy) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Ukrainian: сли́на (slýna) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Urdu: لار (lār) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Urdu: رال (rāl) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Uyghur: شۆلگەي (shölgey) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Uzbek: sulak — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Uzbek: sulakay — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Uzbek: tupuk — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Vietnamese: nước bọt — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Vietnamese: nước miếng — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Vietnamese: nước dãi — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Volapük: salif — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Welsh: poer — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Wolof: tëflit — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Wolof: lor — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Yakut: сил (sil) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Yiddish: שפּײַעכץ (shpayekhts) — liquid secreted into the mouth
• Yucatec Maya: chi' ch'uulik — liquid secreted into the mouth