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Saiva
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Sai·va  (sv, sh-)
n. Hinduism
One who worships Shiva.
[Sanskrit aiva-, belonging to Shiva, from iva, Shiva.]
Saiva adj.
Saivism n.
Saiva [ˈsaɪvə ˈʃaɪ-]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a member of a branch of Hinduism devoted to the worship of Siva, but rejecting the notion of his incarnations
adj
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) of or relating to Saivism or Saivites
Saivism  n
Saivite  n
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Additionally, it is characteristic of the eastern South Estonian dialects to lower the e in the first syllable in some words as in lesk 'widow' > lask, seitse 'seven' > saitse, and in Baltic loans, to have ai instead of ei as in hain 'hay', saivas 'pole', saista 'to stand'.
Corpus of Estonian dialects and the Estonian vowel system/[TEXT NOT ... by Lindstrom, Liina; Pajusalu, Karl / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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