English Online Dictionary. What means va? What does va mean?
Albanian
Etymology
Either from Proto-Albanian *wa(d), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, walk”), or from Latin vadum; impossible to determine. Possibly forms a doublet of vete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [va]
Noun
va m (indefinite plural va, definite singular vau, definite plural vatë)
- ford
- (regional) forest passageway
- (figurative) way out
Derived terms
- vator
References
Breton
Pronoun
va
- my
- Va zad ― My father
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈva/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈba/
- Rhymes: -a
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan va, inherited from Latin vānus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-.
Adjective
va (feminine vana, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vanes)
- vain (having no real substance)
- vain (effecting no real purpose)
Derived terms
- en va
- envanir
- vanament
Related terms
- vanitat
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō. Usurped theoretically correct "ana" (from ambulāt; see ambulo) as the third person singular present of "anar".
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative form of anar
- (auxiliary, with infinitive) third-person singular present indicative form of anar
References
- “va” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “va” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Pronoun
va
- he
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *vaa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. Cognate to Indonesian empat.
Numeral
va
- four
French
Etymology
Respectively from Latin vādit (indicative) and vāde (imperative), forms of vādō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
Verb
va
- inflection of aller:
- third-person singular present active indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- inflection of vader:
- third-person singular present active indicative
- second-person singular imperative
See also
- ça va
Anagrams
- av.
Galician
Adjective
va f sg
- feminine singular of van
Gokana
Noun
va
- wife
References
- R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic
Hlai
Etymology
From Proto-Hlai *Cuɾaː (“boat”), from Pre-Hlai *Cu[d/ɖ]aː (Norquest, 2015).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA(key): /va˥˧/
Noun
va
- boat
Interlingua
Verb
va
- present of ir
- present of vader
Italian
Alternative forms
- và (misspelling)
Etymology
From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō, and vāde, second-person singular present active imperative of the same verb, respectively.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva‿|| ˈva/
Verb
va
- inflection of andare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- va in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
Romanization
va
- Rōmaji transcription of ゔぁ
- Rōmaji transcription of わ゙
- Rōmaji transcription of ヴァ
- Rōmaji transcription of ヷ
Lala (South Africa)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.
Verb
-vá
- to hear, to understand
Ligurian
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative of andâ
Lithuanian
Interjection
va (informal)
- here you are; here you go; voilà; lo; behold
Verb
va (informal)
- Here is.
- Va pienas.
- Here's the milk.
- Va kaip aš tai padariau.
- Here's how I did it.
- Va pienas.
- There is.
Synonyms
- štai (suitable for use in formal contexts)
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French va (“go”).
Verb
va
- (auxiliary) to go
- to go
14+24 omg oh dam
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Manx
Alternative forms
- v’ (apocopic)
Verb
va (dependent form row)
- past tense of bee
- Gyn coontey Juan va kiare ayn.
- Not counting John there were four.
- Keayrt va mee aeg as nish ta mee shenn.
- Once I was young and now I am old.
- She laa fliugh va'n.
- It was a wet day.
- Va kiaull ayns my chleayshyn.
- My ears were singing.
- Va my noidyn ooilley mygeayrt-y-moom.
- My enemies were all about me.
- Gyn coontey Juan va kiare ayn.
Maricopa
Noun
va
- house
Matal
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Central Chadic *v- (“to give”)
Verb
va
- to give
- to let, allow
References
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon. Cognate with German von.
Preposition
va
- (+ dative) from
Derived terms
- van
References
- “va” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- vace
Etymology
From Latin vādit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
- Rhymes: -a
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative of jí
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- vade (long form)
Etymology
From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.
Verb
va (present tense var, past tense vadde, past participle vadd)
- (intransitive) to wade
Synonyms
- vasse
References
- “va” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- av
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
va (present tense var, past tense vadde, supine vadd or vadt, past participle vadd, present participle vadande)
- Alternative form of vada (“to wade”)
Etymology 2
Verb
va (present tense e)
- (dialectal, colloquial) to be
- (dialectal, colloquial) was
References
- “va” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- av
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
From iva.
Particle
va
- (poetic, enclitic) like, as if
References
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “va”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.
Verb
-vá
- to understand
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [va]
Etymology 1
Probably from the third-person singular present indicative of vrea (“to want”), used in its special conjugation as an auxiliary verb (cf. the first-person voi (“(I) will”), supposedly from Vulgar Latin voleo). An alternative etymology is that it began originally as the now rare word in etymology 2 below, from forms of Latin vādere (“to go”), and was confused with conjugated forms of voi / vrea in Romanian; compare voi cânta ("I will sing") to the constructions in French je vais chanter and Spanish voy a cantar with the same meaning (literally, "I go to sing").
Verb
(el/ea) va (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)
- (he/she) will
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō. It is also rarely used as a second person singular imperative form, meaning "go", from Latin vāde (and plural form vați from vāditis). 16th century Transylvanian documents also display respective variant forms vă and vareți.
Alternative forms
- vă (rare)
Verb
va
- (to go), only used in mai va (see usage notes).
- (regional, Crișana) go (imperative) (plural vați)
Usage notes
The conjugation for this verb is defective, with the only remaining form being va, used in the expression "mai va", meaning "it will take longer or there is more to go (until then)".
Synonyms
- (to go): merge, duce
- (go): du-te, duceți-vă
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: va
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō.
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative of ir
Etymology 2
Short form of vale.
Interjection
va
- (Mexico) okay
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.
Verb
-vá
- to understand
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Etymology 1
Noun
va ?
- water supply and sewage; abbreviation of vatten och avlopp.
Declension
Uninflected.
Related terms
- va-nämnd
Etymology 2
From vad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva/
Interjection
va
- huh? what? A request that the speaker repeat their last statement, or an expression of disbelief. Contraction of vad.
See also
- vasa
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑː/
Verb
va
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of vara
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of var
Pronoun
va
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of vad (“what”)
References
Anagrams
- av, av-
Uzbek
Conjunction
va
- and
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin vādit, vādunt, vādis, and vāde forms of vādō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
Verb
va
- present indicative third-person of ndar
- (regional) present indicative second-person singular of ndar
- present imperative second-person singular of ndar
Vietnamese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaː˧˧] ~ [jaː˧˧]
Verb
va
- to bump into (something)
Xhosa
Etymology 1
Verb
-va?
- to feel
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [v̥a̤]
Verb
-̂va
- to understand
- to hear
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zazaki
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.
Noun
va
- wind
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese 花 (MC hˠua).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /βa˨˦/
- Tone numbers: va1
- Hyphenation: va
Noun
va (Sawndip forms 椛 or 𦭈, 1957–1982 spelling va)
- flower
- Synonym: ndok
Zou
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa. Cognates include Khumi Chin tävaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va˧˥/
Noun
vá
- bird
Derived terms
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 46