sovaja

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto sovaĝa, English savage, French sauvage, Italian selvaggio, Spanish salvaje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈvaʒa/, /soˈvad͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: so‧va‧ja

Adjective

sovaja

1. (referring to living and growing persons, plants, trees, etc.) savage: wild
2. (living in a state of nature) not domesticated, uncivilized
3. ferocious, fierce
4. (figuratively) unsociable

Derived terms

• sovajeskar (“to become savage”)
• sovajeso (“savagery, wildness; (fig.) fierceness”)
• sovajigar (“to make savage”)
• sovajo (“a savage”)