"Saiw and Saiwa" means "Holy": Lexicon Lapponicum by Erico Lindahl and Johanne Öhrling, 1780. Page 477

Side 477. "Saiwa ware" means "Holy mountain". "Saiwa kedke" means "Holy stone". "Saiwa jaure" means "holy lake". "Saiwa muora" means "Holy tree" or "a tree that is cultivated". "Saiwa quele" means "a holy fish" or "a fish that has a religious meaning". "Saiwa kedke" the meaning is not translated from latin.
The last word seen here is "Saka".

The meaning of these Sami words have changed over time and in the most frequently spoken dialect at present time, the old meanings are more or less lost. However, from reports I have received these words and meanings are still somewhat similar i.e. between Lule Sami dialects and the ones given in Lexicon Lapponicum (1780). Korhonen writes according to this report that "Sájvva" in the Lulesami dialect means "Holy lake or holy mountain" (places for offerings). nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Korhonen
Betydningen av disse samiske ordene har endret seg over tid og i den mest talte dialekten på samisk er den gamle betydningen mer eller mindre gått tapt. Men i følge en kontakt så er disse ordene og deres betydninger ennå nokså like mellom den Lulesamiske dialekt og de ord som nevnes i Lexicon Lapponicum (1780). Korhonene skriver i følge denne kontakten at det Lulesamiske ordet "Sájvva" også i dag betyr "Hellig innsjø eller hellig fjell", men da kun i forhold til plasser som har med ofringer å gjøre. nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Korhonen

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