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{{also|salivá|salivă|Saliva}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
A {{lbor|en|la|salīva|t=spittle|nocap=1}}, replacing or merging with {{inh|en|enm|salive}}, {{m|enm|salve|t=saliva}}, from the same Latin source. Further origin {{unc|en|nocap=1}}. Perhaps from {{der|en|ine-pro|*salw-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*sal-|t=dirt, dirty}}, cognate with {{cog|ang|salu|t=dark, dusky}}. More at {{l|en|sallow}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|sə-līʹ-və}}, {{IPA|en|/səˈlaɪvə/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saliva.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{hyphenation|en|sa|li|va}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪvə|s=3}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|s|salivae|salivæ}}

# {{senseid|en|Q155925}}{{lb|en|physiology}} A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the [[salivary gland]]s and [[mucous gland]]s, consisting of water, [[mucin]], [[protein]], and [[enzyme]]s. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of [[starch]]es.
#: {{syn|en|spit|spittle}}

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|sea saliva
|saliva ejector|saliva gland|saliva test
|salivary
|salivate
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|salivation}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|liquid secreted into the mouth}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|speeksel}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|pështymë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لُعَاب|m}}, {{t|ar|رِيق|m}}, {{t|ar|بُزَاق|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|لعاب|m|tr=luʕāb}}, {{t|arz|ريق|m|tr=rīʔ}}, {{t|arz|ريالة|f|tr=riyala}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|ريج|m|tr=rīj}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|թուք}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|লালটি}}, {{t|as|লেলাউটি}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|saliva|f}}, {{t|ast|cuspita|f}}
* Avar: {{t|av|хӏацӏу}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|tüpürcək}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|шайыҡ}}, {{t|ba|төкөрөк}}, {{t|ba|һеләгәй}}, {{t|ba|шеләгәй}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|listu}}, {{t|eu|listu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|слі́на|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|লালা}}, {{t+|bn|থুতু}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|लार}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|liwoy}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|halo|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|слю́нка|f}}, {{t|bg|плю́нка|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လျှာရည်}}, {{t+|my|သွားရည်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|saliva|f}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|sakola}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏩᏥᎳ}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|malovu}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|口水|tr=hau2 seoi2}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|瀾|tr=nuā}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|口水|tr=kǒushuǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|唾液|tr=tuòyè}}, {{t+|cmn|唾沫|tr=tuòmo}}, {{t+|cmn|口涎|tr=kǒuxián}}, {{t+|cmn|涎水|tr=xiánshuǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|吐沫|tr=tùmo}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|сӗлеке}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|silekiy}}, {{t|crh|salya}}, {{t|crh|tükürşük}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|slina|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|spyt|n}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ކުޅު}}
* Dupaningan Agta: {{t|duo|ibar}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|speeksel|n}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཁ་ཆུ}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|salivo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sülg}}
* Even: {{t|eve|дялса}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|дяликса}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ráki|m}}, {{t|fo|spýtt|n}}, {{t|fo|sputt|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sylki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|salive|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cuspe|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნერწყვი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Speichel|m}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐍂|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σίελος|m}}, {{t+|el|σάλιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σίαλον|n}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|saliv}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|רוק|m|tr=rok|alt=רוק \ רֹק}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|लार|f}}, {{t+|hi|राल|f}}
* Hinukh: {{t|gin|йоцӏу}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyál}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|slef|n}}, {{t|is|munnvatn|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|air ludah}}, {{t+|id|air liur}}, {{t+|id|ludah}}, {{t+|id|liur}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|seile|f}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|saile|m|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|saliva|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|唾|tr=つばき, tsubakí, つば, tsuba}}, {{t+|ja|唾液|tr=だえき, daeki}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|idu}}, {{t+|jv|iler}}, {{t|jv|kecoh}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|шүлсн}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сілекей}}
* Khiamniungan Naga: {{t|kix|lèih}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ទឹកមាត់}}
* Khvarshi: {{t|khv|йуцу}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|meti}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|침}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|لیک}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|tûk|f}}, {{t+|kmr|lîk|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шилекей}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ນ້ຳລາຍ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|slīkys}}, {{t|ltg|seilys}}
* Latin: {{t|la|salīva|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|siekalas}}
* Lezgi: {{t|lez|цуькIуьн}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|seilės|f-p}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|spua|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|плу́нка|f}}, {{t|mk|плу́канка|f}}
* Maguindanao: {{t|mdh|duda}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|bżieq|m}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠴᡳᡶᡝᠩᡤᡠ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hāware}}, {{t|mi|hūare}}, {{t|mi|hūware}}, {{t|mi|paraki}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|ayog}}, {{t|mrw|doda'}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|шүлс}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|camacuitlatl}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|дилокса}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|силекей}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|êcopi|?}}
* Northern Thai: {{t|nod|ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴᩃᩣ᩠ᨿ}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|spytt|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|saliva|f}}
* Old Czech: {{t|zlw-ocs|slina|f}}
* Old English: {{t-needed|ang}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|idu}}
* Old Slovak: {{t|zlw-osk|slina|f}}
* Paicî: {{t|pri|erepwä}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|زيړې|f|tr=zyaṛé}}, {{t|ps|ښيالمې|f|tr=x̌yãlme}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بزاق|tr=bozâq}}, {{t+|fa|گلیز|tr=geliz}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Kjwiel|n}}, {{t|pdt|Spie|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ślina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|saliva|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|salivă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|слюна́|f}}, {{t+|ru|слю́нка|f}} {{qualifier|diminutive}}
* Sami:
*: Kildin Sami: {{t|sjd|чо̄ллк}}
*: Northern Sami: {{t|se|čolga}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|seile|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сли̏на|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|slȉna|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|කෙළ}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|slina|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|slina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|saliva|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mate}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|spott|n}}, {{t+|sv|saliv|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|lura}}, {{t+|tl|laway}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|оби даҳан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|உமிழ்நீர்}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|kuffu|m}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|селәгәй}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|lura}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|లాలాజలం}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|น้ำลาย}}
* Tibetan:  {{t-needed|bo}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|pitke}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|salya}}, {{t+|tr|tükürük}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|tüýkülik}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|дыльды}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сли́на|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|لار|f|tr=lār}}, {{t|ur|رال|f|tr=rāl}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|شۆلگەي}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|sulak}}, {{t|uz|sulakay}}, {{t+|uz|tupuk}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nước bọt}}, {{t+|vi|nước miếng}}, {{t+|vi|nước dãi}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|salif}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|poer|m}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|tëflit}}, {{t+|wo|lor}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|сил}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שפּײַעכץ}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|chi' ch'uulik}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|drool}}
* {{l|en|sputum}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aailsv|Alavis|Avilas|Salvia|Slavia|Valais|avails|salvia}}

{{C|en|Bodily fluids}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|ca|la|salīva}}. {{etydate|14th century}}.<ref>{{R:ca:GDLC}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
* {{ca-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|saliva}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ca|salivar}}

====References====
<references/>

====Further reading====
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|ca|verb form}}

# {{ca-verb form of|salivar}}

{{C|ca|Bodily fluids}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{af|eo|salivo|-a}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{head|eo|adjective}}

# [[salivary]]

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|pos=v}}
* {{homophones|fr|salivas|salivât}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|saliver||3|s|phis}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|lavais}}, {{l|fr|valais}}, {{l|fr|valsai}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}
From {{der|it|la|salīva}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|it|scialiva}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|f}}

# {{lb|it|physiology}} {{l|en|saliva}}, [[spittle]], [[spit]]

=====Related terms=====
{{rel3|it
|salivare
|salivatorio
|salivazione
}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|salivare||3|s|pres|ind|;|2|s|imp}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|salire||3|s|impf|ind}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aailsv|Salvia|lisava|salavi|salvai|salvia|vasali}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
{{unk|la}}. Perhaps from {{der|la|ine-pro|*solH-}} (compare {{cog|ga|salach||dirty}}, {{cog|cy|halog}}, {{cog|en|sallow}}, {{cog|ru|соло́вый|t=cream-colored}}).<ref>{{R:la:WH|head=saliva|page=468|vol=2}}</ref> May alternatively be of independent expressive/{{onomatopoeic|la|nocap=1}} origin; compare {{cog|grc|σίαλον}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|salīva}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|salīva<1>}}

# [[spittle]], [[#English|saliva]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|salīva<1>}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|salīvō}}

====Descendants====
{{top3}}
* {{desc|ca|saliva}}
* {{desc|en|saliva}}
* {{desc|fr|salive}}
* {{desc|gl|seiva}} {{q|archaic}}, {{l|gl|saliva}}
* {{desc|it|saliva|scialiva}}
* {{desc|oc|saliva}}
* {{desc|sga|saile|bor=1}}
** {{desc|ga|seile}}
** {{desc|gd|seile}}
* {{desc|pms|saliva}}
* {{desc|pt|saliva}}
* {{desc|ro|salivă}}
* {{desc|scn|saliva}}
* {{desc|es|saliva}}
* {{desc|sv|saliv}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:Century 1911|saliva}}
<references/>

{{C|la|Bodily fluids}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pt|sa|li|va}}

===Etymology 1===
{{wikipedia|lang=pt}}
Borrowed from {{bor|pt|la|salīva}}.

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|saliva}}, [[spittle]] {{gloss|liquid secreted into the mouth}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|salivar}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|ro|fr|saliver}}, from {{der|ro|la|salivare}}.

====Verb====
{{ro-verb|conj=1|salivează|salivat}}

# to [[salivate]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{ro-conj-a-ez}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|ro|noun form|g=f}}

# {{noun form of|ro|salivă||def|nom//acc|s}}

==Spanish==
{{wp|lang=es}}

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Marreromarco-saliva.wav<a:Venezuela>>}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|es|la|salīva}}, probably borrowed.<ref>{{R:es:DCECH}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|saliva}}, [[spittle]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es|tragar saliva}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col-auto|es|salivar}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|salivar}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|es|a=aailsv|salvia}}

{{C|es|Bodily fluids}}