valka

See also: Valka, válka, and valkā

Latvian

Noun

valka m

1. genitive singular of valks

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walka n, *walkāˀ f, cognate with Lithuanian valks (“creek”), probably Proto-Slavic *obolkъ (“cloud”). Possibly further akin to various hydronyms in Central Europe such as r. Ulca (of Pannonian or Illyrian provenance).

Noun

valkà f stress pattern 4

1. damp, wet place
2. small lake, pool, bog
3. draught (current of cool and fresh air)

Declension

Declension of valkà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	valkà	vãlkos
genitive (kilmininkas)	valkõs	valkų̃
dative (naudininkas)	vãlkai	valkóms
accusative (galininkas)	vãlką	valkàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	valkà	valkomìs
locative (vietininkas)	valkojè	valkosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vãlka	vãlkos

References

• “valka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “valka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487

Swedish

Etymology

from Old Swedish valka, from Old Norse valka, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with English walk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²valka/
• Rhymes: -alka

Verb

valka (present valkar, preterite valkade, supine valkat, imperative valka)

1. to full cloth, to waulk

Conjugation

Conjugation of valka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	valka		valkas
Supine	valkat		valkats
Imperative	valka		—
Imper. plural1	valken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	valkar	valkade	valkas	valkades
Ind. plural1	valka	valkade	valkas	valkades
Subjunctive2	valke	valkade	valkes	valkades
	Participles
Present participle	valkande
Past participle	valkad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• valkning

References

• valka in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• kalva

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valkëda.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
• Hyphenation: val‧ka

Adjective

valka

1. white

Inflection

Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	valka	valkad
genitive	valka	valkajõ, valkai
partitive	valkatõ	valkaitõ, valkai
illative	valkasõ, valka	valkaisõ
inessive	valkaz	valkaiz
elative	valkassõ	valkaissõ
allative	valkalõ	valkailõ
adessive	valkallõ	valkaillõ
ablative	valkaltõ	valkailtõ
translative	valkassi	valkaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn