va

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from Proto-Albanian *wa(d), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, walk”), or from Latin vadum; impossible to determine.[1][2] Possibly forms a doublet of vete.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

va m (plural va, definite vau, definite plural vatë)

  1. ford
  2. (regional) forest passageway
  3. (figurative) way out

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 405
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “va”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1539

Breton[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

va (requires spirant mutation)

  1. my
    Va zad ― My father

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Catalan va, inherited from Latin vānus.

Adjective[edit]

va (feminine vana, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vanes)

  1. vain (having no real substance)
  2. vain (effecting no real purpose)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō. Usurped theoretically correct "ana" (from ambulāt; see ambulo) as the third person singular present of "anar".

Verb[edit]

va

  1. third-person singular present indicative of anar
  2. (auxiliary, with infinitive) third-person singular present indicative of anar

References[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

va

  1. he

Fijian[edit]

Fijian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : va

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central Pacific *vaa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. Cognate to Indonesian empat.

Numeral[edit]

va

  1. four

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Respectively from Latin vādit (indicative) and vāde (imperative), forms of vādō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /va/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

va

  1. inflection of aller:
    1. third-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of vader:
    1. third-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Adjective[edit]

va f sg

  1. feminine singular of van

Gokana[edit]

Noun[edit]

va

  1. wife

References[edit]

Hlai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hlai *Cuɾaː (“boat”), from Pre-Hlai *Cu[d/ɖ]aː (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

va

  1. boat

Interlingua[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. present of ir
  2. present of vader

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • và (misspelling)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō, and vāde, second-person singular present active imperative of the same verb, respectively.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. inflection of andare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

va

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぁ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of わ゙
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴァ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヷ

Lala (South Africa)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb[edit]

-vá

  1. to hear, to understand

Ligurian[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. third-person singular present indicative of andâ

Lithuanian[edit]

Interjection[edit]

va (informal)

  1. here you are; here you go; voilà; lo; behold

Verb[edit]

va (informal)

  1. Here is.
    Va pienas.
    Here's the milk.
    Va kaip aš tai padariau.
    Here's how I did it.
  2. There is.

Synonyms[edit]

  • štai (suitable for use in formal contexts)

Louisiana Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French va (“go”).

Verb[edit]

va

  1. (auxiliary) to go
  2. to go

References[edit]

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Manx[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

va (dependent form row)

  1. past of bee
    Gyn coontey Juan va kiare ayn.
    Not counting John there were four.
    Keayrt va mee aeg as nish ta mee shenn.
    Once I was young and now I am old.
    She laa fliugh va'n.
    It was a wet day.
    Va kiaull ayns my chleayshyn.
    My ears were singing.
    Va my noidyn ooilley mygeayrt-y-moom.
    My enemies were all about me.

Maricopa[edit]

Noun[edit]

va

  1. house

Matal[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Central Chadic *v- (“to give”)[1]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. to give
    Ama Yesu aslə̀h məlo à masasəɗok mawisiga uwatà à gəl la ndzəɗa, ŋgaha awurà bəzi ala, avà à baba aŋha. (Luka 9:42)[2]
    ​But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. (Luke 9:42)
  2. to let, allow
    Mok uwana tabə̀z à mtəga, Yesu avà tetəvi à dza amiyaka tekula kà mad à gày aw, say Piyer, Yuhana, Yakuba, ŋgaha baba la iyà aŋa bəzi pəra.(Luka 8:51)[3]
    ​Now when Jesus came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.(Luke 8:51)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gravina, Richard (2015) “v₁”, in Proto-Central Chadic Dictionary, Leiden
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/9
  3. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/8

Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon. Cognate with German von.

Preposition[edit]

va

  1. (+ dative) from

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Neapolitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vādit.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. third-person singular present indicative of jí

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 519: “va a caccia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.

Verb[edit]

va (present tense var, past tense vadde, past participle vadd)

  1. (intransitive) to wade

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

va (present tense var, past tense vadde, supine vadd or vadt, past participle vadd, present participle vadande)

  1. Alternative form of vada (“to wade”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

va (present tense e)

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) to be
  2. (dialectal, colloquial) was

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from original vě by analogy with numbers dvě and dva. The pronouns vě and va were used interchangeably regardless of the gender.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

va

  1. we two (first person dual)
    Synonyms: vě, (rare) ma

Declension[edit]

Declension of the personal pronouns
Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative jáz, já ty —
Genitive mne, mě tebe, tě sebe, sě
Dative mně, mi tobě, ti sobě, si
Accusative mě, mne tě, tebe sě, sebe
Locative mně tobě sobě
Instrumental mnú tobú, tebú sobú, sebú
Possessive mój tvój svój
Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative vě, va, ma vy —
Genitive najú vajú sebe, sě
Dative náma váma sobě, si
Accusative ny, najú vy, vajú sě, sebe
Locative najú vajú sobě
Instrumental náma váma sobú, sebú
Possessive náš, najú váš, vajú svój
Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative my vy —
Genitive nás vás sebe, sě
Dative nám, nem vám, vem sobě, si
Accusative ny, nás vy, vás sě, sebe
Locative nás vás sobě
Instrumental námi vámi sobú, sebú
Possessive náš váš svój

References[edit]

Pali[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From iva.

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Particle[edit]

va

  1. (poetic, enclitic) like, as if[1]

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Particle[edit]

va

  1. sandhi form of eva (“even”)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “va”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb[edit]

-vá

  1. to understand

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably from the third-person singular present indicative of vrea (“to want, to wish”), used in its special conjugation as an auxiliary verb (cf. the first-person voi (“(I) will”), from Vulgar Latin voleō (“I want”)).[1] This semantic shift is visible in most languages of the Balkan sprachbund, compare voi cânta (literally “I want to sing”) with Serbo-Croatian ću pevati < hoću pevati, Bulgarian ще пея (šte peja) < ща да пея (šta da peja), Greek θα τραγουδήσω (tha tragoudíso) < θέλω να τραγουδήσω (thélo na tragoudíso), Albanian do të këndoj < dua të këndoj: all being somewhat reduced forms of "I wish to sing".

An alternative etymology is that it began originally as the now rare word in etymology 2 below, from forms of Latin vādere (“to go”), and was confused with conjugated forms of voi / vrea in Romanian; compare voi cânta (“I will sing”) to the constructions in French je vais chanter and Spanish voy a cantar with the same meaning (literally, "I am going to sing").[1]

Verb[edit]

(el/ea) va (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

  1. (he/she) will
    va fi aici mai târziu?
    will he/she be here later?

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō. It is also rarely used as a second person singular imperative form, meaning "go", from Latin vāde (and plural form vați from vāditis). 16th century Transylvanian documents also display respective variant forms vă and vareți. Cognate with Italian, Spanish, and French va.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. (to go), only used in mai va (see usage notes).
  2. (regional, Crișana) go (imperative) (plural vați)
Usage notes[edit]

The conjugation for this verb is defective, with the only remaining form being va, used in the expression "mai va", meaning "it will take longer or there is more to go (until then)".

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 va in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: va

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō.

Verb[edit]

va

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ir

Etymology 2[edit]

Short form of vale.

Interjection[edit]

va

  1. (Mexico) okay

Swazi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb[edit]

-vá

  1. to understand

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A står för avlopp

Noun[edit]

va ?

  1. water supply and sewage; abbreviation of vatten och avlopp.
Declension[edit]

Uninflected.[1]

Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From vad.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

va

  1. huh? what? A request that the speaker repeat their last statement, or an expression of disbelief. Contraction of vad.
    Va?
    What did you say?
See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of vara
    Jag vill inte va tomte i år!
    I don't want to be Santa this year!
  2. (colloquial) Apocopic form of var
    Han va inte där.
    He wasn't there.

Pronoun[edit]

va

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of vad (“what”)
    Va göru?
    What are you doing?

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 va in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  2. ^ va in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams[edit]

Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic ва (va)‍
Latin va‍
Perso-Arabic و

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic وَ (wa).

Conjunction[edit]

va

  1. and

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vādit, vādunt, vādis, and vāde forms of vādō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

va

  1. present indicative third-person of ndar
  2. (regional) present indicative second-person singular of ndar
  3. present imperative second-person singular of ndar

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

va • (撝)

  1. to bump into (something)
    Hai người ấy va vào nhau.
    They (those two) bumped into each other.
See also[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 2[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Almost certainly a loanword, although I'm not sure if it's specifically from Old Khmer or not. The Khmer word is attested from 9-10th century and seemed to refer to male persons with derogatory connotation.”

Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651) as ua, va.

Compare Khmer វា (viə).

Pronoun[edit]

va • (撝, 爲)

  1. (obsolete, literary) he/him; she/her; they/them (singular third person pronoun)
    • 1919, Phạm Duy Tốn, “Nước đời lắm nỗi”, in Tạp chí Nam Phong:
      Người ấy trông chừng cũng đã nhiều tuổi, thấy tôi đến gần, vẫn nằm vắt chân chéo khoeo, kéo một hơi thẳng, không thở tị tí khói nào. Tôi biết ngay va là tay lão luyện.
      He seemed like a fairly old guy; as he saw me approaching, he kept lying still with his legs crossed, took a deep hit yet not letting out a whit of smoke. I knew right away that he's a veteran [smoker].
Usage notes[edit]
  • When used on its own, this word seems to be used chiefly as a literary device for narration purpose (similar to modern y), and not as a word commonly used in the spoken language. However, when occurring in compounds (such as anh va, etc.), it did seem to be used colloquially.
  • It did not seem to carry any inherent honorific nor pejorative function, so its connotation on its own was likely fairly neutral.
  • Although most attestations show its usage for males, this word was also used to refer to females, such as in Trương Vĩnh Ký's Tích Túy-Kiều (1911), which is prose retelling of Nguyễn Du's Truyện Kiều:
      • 1911, Trương Vĩnh Ký, Tích Túy-Kiều:
        Leo qua gặp Kim-trọng dắc vào nhà, ở đó trò-chuyện, làm thơ, làm phú, đánh đờn đánh địch, thề nguyền với nhau cho một ngày một đêm; khuya lại Kim-trọng muốn xáp việc, mà va không cho.
        She climbed over [the wall] to meet Kim-trọng, who then invited her to come inside the estate; there they talked, wrote poetry, played instruments, and made all kinds of [lovers'] promises, all throughout that whole day; come night-time, Kim-trọng wanted to get intimate, but she [Kiều] refused.
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Derived terms

Xhosa[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

-va?

  1. to feel
Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-̂va

  1. to understand
  2. to hear
Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zazaki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.

Noun[edit]

va

  1. wind

Zhuang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chinese 花 (MC xwae).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

va (Sawndip forms 椛 or 𦭈, 1957–1982 spelling va)

  1. flower
    Synonym: ndok

Zou[edit]

Va khet.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa. Cognates include Khumi Chin tävaw.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vá

  1. bird

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 46
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