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vala

vala

See also: vaļa, vaļā, and vala-

Finnish

(index va)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: va‧la
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɑlɑ]

Noun

vala

  1. oath
Declension
Inflection of vala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vala valat
genitive valan valojen
partitive valaa valoja
illative valaan valoihin
singular plural
nominative vala valat
accusative nom. vala valat
gen. valan
genitive valan valojen
valainrare
partitive valaa valoja
inessive valassa valoissa
elative valasta valoista
illative valaan valoihin
adessive valalla valoilla
ablative valalta valoilta
allative valalle valoille
essive valana valoina
translative valaksi valoiksi
instructive — valoin
abessive valatta valoitta
comitative — valoineen
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: va‧la
  • Rhymes: pala
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑlɑ(ʔ)/

Verb

vala

  1. Indicative present connegative form of valaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of valaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of valaa.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒlɒ]
  • Hyphenation: va‧la

Verb

vala

  1. (archaic) third-person singular past of van
    • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz, chapter 4, stanza 1:
      Mikorra a patak vize tükörré lett, / Melybe ezer csillag ragyogása nézett: / Jancsi Iluskáék kertje alatt vala; / Maga sem tudta, hogy mikép jutott oda.

Synonyms

See also

Kurdish

Alternative forms

Adjective

vala

  1. empty

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vala n pl

  1. definite plural of val

Portuguese

Noun

vala f (plural valas)

  1. ditch, trench

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish والله ‎(vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللّٰه ‎(wa-llāh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǎlaː/
  • Hyphenation: va‧la

Adverb

vàlā ‎(Cyrillic spelling ва̀ла̄)

  1. truthfully, honestly

Interjection

vàlā ‎(Cyrillic spelling ва̀ла̄)

  1. by God!, begad, egad, by golly

Etymology

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