Finnish

Suffix

-va ‎(front vowel harmony variant -vä)

1. Forms the present active participle of a verb, which is normally used like an adjective. The English equivalent is normally -ing, but sometimes also -ish.

   kirjoittaa ‎(“to write”) → kirjoittava tyttö = a writing girl

   punertaa ‎(“to redden”) → punertava taivas = reddish sky

Declension

Derived terms

See Category:Finnish present active participles.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-va, from Proto-Uralic *-ŋa.

Suffix

-va ‎(front vowel harmony variant -vä)

1. Forms an adjective from a noun.

   liha ‎(“flesh, meat”) → lihava ‎(“fat”)

   käsi ‎(“hand”) → kätevä ‎(“handy”)

   tila ‎(“space”) → tilava ‎(“spacious”)

   terä ‎(“cutting edge”) → terävä ‎(“sharp”)

   rinta ‎(“breast”) → rintava ‎(“buxom”)

Declension

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɒ]

Suffix

-va

1. (adverbial participle suffix) Added to a verb to form an adverbial participle. Its nearest English equivalent is the -ing form functioning as a participle (rather than a noun).

   úszik ‎(“to swim”) → Úszva jött ide. - He came here swimming.

Usage notes

• (adverbial participle suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -va is added to back vowel verbs

  -ve is added to front vowel verbs

Derived terms

• Category:Hungarian adverbial participles

See also

• -ván/-vén
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wa/

Suffix

-va

1. nominative feminine singular of -vus
2. nominative neuter plural of -vus
3. accusative neuter plural of -vus
4. vocative feminine singular of -vus
5. vocative neuter plural of -vus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waː/

Suffix

-vā

1. ablative feminine singular of -vus

Romanian

Suffix

-va

1. suffixed to question words, meaning "some"

   cine "who" + va "some" → cineva "someone"

   unde "where" + va "some" → undeva "somewhere"

   când "when" + va "some" → cândva "sometime"

   cum "how" + va "some" → cumva "somehow"