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valaa
valaa
Finnish
(index va)
Noun
valaa
- Partitive singular form of vala.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *valadak.
Cognate with Moksha валомс (valoms, “to pour; lave, wet”) [1]. Eastern Saami word, e.g. Skolt Saami väällad (“to pour, lave”) is a Finnic loan[2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋɑlɑː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
- Hyphenation: va‧laa
Verb
valaa
- (transitive) to cast, pour, throw (to pour liquid on something)
- (transitive) to cast, mold (to make a cast using metal or plaster etc.)
Conjugation
| Inflection of valaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valan | en vala | 1st sing. | olen valanut | en ole valanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valat | et vala | 2nd sing. | olet valanut | et ole valanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valaa | ei vala | 3rd sing. | on valanut | ei ole valanut | |
| 1st plur. | valamme | emme vala | 1st plur. | olemme valaneet | emme ole valaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valatte | ette vala | 2nd plur. | olette valaneet | ette ole valaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valavat | eivät vala | 3rd plur. | ovat valaneet | eivät ole valaneet | |
| passive | valetaan | ei valeta | passive | on valettu | ei ole valettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valoin | en valanut | 1st sing. | olin valanut | en ollut valanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valoit | et valanut | 2nd sing. | olit valanut | et ollut valanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valoi | ei valanut | 3rd sing. | oli valanut | ei ollut valanut | |
| 1st plur. | valoimme | emme valaneet | 1st plur. | olimme valaneet | emme olleet valaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valoitte | ette valaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte valaneet | ette olleet valaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valoivat | eivät valaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat valaneet | eivät olleet valaneet | |
| passive | valettiin | ei valettu | passive | oli valettu | ei ollut valettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valaisin | en valaisi | 1st sing. | olisin valanut | en olisi valanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valaisit | et valaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit valanut | et olisi valanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valaisi | ei valaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi valanut | ei olisi valanut | |
| 1st plur. | valaisimme | emme valaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme valaneet | emme olisi valaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valaisitte | ette valaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte valaneet | ette olisi valaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valaisivat | eivät valaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat valaneet | eivät olisi valaneet | |
| passive | valettaisiin | ei valettaisi | passive | olisi valettu | ei olisi valettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | vala | älä vala | 2nd sing. | ole valanut | älä ole valanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valakoon | älköön valako | 3rd sing. | olkoon valanut | älköön olko valanut | |
| 1st plur. | valakaamme | älkäämme valako | 1st plur. | olkaamme valaneet | älkäämme olko valaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valakaa | älkää valako | 2nd plur. | olkaa valaneet | älkää olko valaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valakoot | älkööt valako | 3rd plur. | olkoot valaneet | älkööt olko valaneet | |
| passive | valettakoon | älköön valettako | passive | olkoon valettu | älköön olko valettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valanen | en valane | 1st sing. | lienen valanut | en liene valanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valanet | et valane | 2nd sing. | lienet valanut | et liene valanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valanee | ei valane | 3rd sing. | lienee valanut | ei liene valanut | |
| 1st plur. | valanemme | emme valane | 1st plur. | lienemme valaneet | emme liene valaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valanette | ette valane | 2nd plur. | lienette valaneet | ette liene valaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valanevat | eivät valane | 3rd plur. | lienevät valaneet | eivät liene valaneet | |
| passive | valettaneen | ei valettane | passive | lienee valettu | ei liene valettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | valaa | present | valava | valettava | ||
| long 1st2 | valaakseen | past | valanut | valettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | valaessa | valettaessa | agent1, 3 | valama | |
| instructive | valaen | — | negative | valamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | valamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | valamasta | — | ||||
| illative | valamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | valamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | valamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | valaman | valettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | valaminen | ||||
| partitive | valamista | |||||
| 5th2 | valamaisillaan | |||||