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valu
valu
Balaesang
Noun
valu
Reference
- Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98
Estonian
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Compare Swedish kval (“agony”) and German Qual (“agony”). Possibly a derivation of valge.
Noun
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
Declension
Inflection of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | valu | valud |
| accusative | valu | valud |
| genitive | valu | valude |
| partitive | valu | valusid |
| illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse |
| inessive | valus | valudes |
| elative | valust | valudest |
| allative | valule | valudele |
| adessive | valul | valudel |
| ablative | valult | valudelt |
| translative | valuks | valudeks |
| terminative | valuni | valudeni |
| essive | valuna | valudena |
| abessive | valuta | valudeta |
| comitative | valuga | valudega |
Etymology 2
Noun
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
- cast (casting procedure)
Declension
Inflection of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | valu | valud |
| accusative | valu | valud |
| genitive | valu | valude |
| partitive | valu | valusid |
| illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse |
| inessive | valus | valudes |
| elative | valust | valudest |
| allative | valule | valudele |
| adessive | valul | valudel |
| ablative | valult | valudelt |
| translative | valuks | valudeks |
| terminative | valuni | valudeni |
| essive | valuna | valudena |
| abessive | valuta | valudeta |
| comitative | valuga | valudega |
Etymology 3
Related to Finnish valo.
Noun
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
Declension
Inflection of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | valu | valud |
| accusative | valu | valud |
| genitive | valu | valude |
| partitive | valu | valusid |
| illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse |
| inessive | valus | valudes |
| elative | valust | valudest |
| allative | valule | valudele |
| adessive | valul | valudel |
| ablative | valult | valudelt |
| translative | valuks | valudeks |
| terminative | valuni | valudeni |
| essive | valuna | valudena |
| abessive | valuta | valudeta |
| comitative | valuga | valudega |
Synonyms
Finnish
Noun
valu
- cast (casting procedure)
Declension
| Inflection of valu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valu | valut | |
| genitive | valun | valujen | |
| partitive | valua | valuja | |
| illative | valuun | valuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valu | valut | |
| accusative | nom. | valu | valut |
| gen. | valun | ||
| genitive | valun | valujen | |
| partitive | valua | valuja | |
| inessive | valussa | valuissa | |
| elative | valusta | valuista | |
| illative | valuun | valuihin | |
| adessive | valulla | valuilla | |
| ablative | valulta | valuilta | |
| allative | valulle | valuille | |
| essive | valuna | valuina | |
| translative | valuksi | valuiksi | |
| instructive | — | valuin | |
| abessive | valutta | valuitta | |
| comitative | — | valuineen | |
Verb
valu
- Indicative present connegative form of valua.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of valua.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of valua.
French
Verb
valu m (feminine singular value, masculine plural valus, feminine plural values)
- past participle of valoir
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Numeral
valu
- (cardinal) eight
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Numeral
valu
- (cardinal) eight