Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago/Savvy

Next to the verb sabe (with a closed a), there is an adjective/noun sábi (with an open a) 'beautiful/ joy, luck'. This adjective/noun is often linked to the verb. In our dictionary we specified the etymology of the word tentatively as follows: "do port. SUAVE, tal vez infl. por SABE(R BEM A)" (from Ptg. SUAVE, maybe influenced by SABE(R BEM A)).

Values

A savvy word exists

Example 30-225:
Mi N sabe más txeu ki nhos [...].
Mi
1sg
N=sabe
1sg=know
más
more
txeu
much
ki
than
nhos
2pl
[...].
[...]
I know much more than you [...].

Source: da Silva 1987: 126

Example 30-226:
Ami N stába na un lugár sábi!
A-mi
top-1sg.indp
N=stá-ba
1sg.dep=be-ant
na=un=lugár
in=art.indf=place
sábi!
pleasant
I was at a pleasant place.
German: Ich befand mich an einem angenehmen Ort!

Source: da Silva 1987: 25

Confidence:
Very certain