vaa

See also: va'a

Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish vaan and vain.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː/, [ˈʋɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː/, [ˈʋɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: vaa

Adverb

vaa

1. only, merely
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Se ei näytä faktoja vaa sil viisii, kuin neet puuttuut elävääs läkkämyskeelees, vaa se proovajaa i muuttaa faktoja, muuttaa keelen formia mokomiks, jot neet paremmast sluuƶiisivat kulttuuratöös ja kaikkiis ennen șkoulutöös.

     It doesn't only show facts in the way, how these appear in the living spoken language, but it tries to change the facts, too, to change the forms of a language into such ones so that they may best serve the cultural building and above all school work.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Möö meinasimma, jot höö vaa näyttäät, etti kaik tiitäät.

     We thought, that they merely pretended, like they know everything.

Synonyms

• ikkee, aima

Conjunction

vaa

1. but
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Se ei näytä faktoja vaa sil viisii, kuin neet puuttuut elävääs läkkämyskeelees, vaa se proovajaa i muuttaa faktoja, muuttaa keelen formia mokomiks, jot neet paremmast sluuƶiisivat kulttuuratöös ja kaikkiis ennen șkoulutöös.

     It doesn't only show facts in the way, how these appear in the living spoken language, but it tries to change the facts, too, to change the forms of a language into such ones so that they may best serve the cultural building and above all school work.

Synonyms

• mut, no

Derived terms

• ku vaa

 

Related terms

• vai (“or”)

See also

• odnako (“however”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 647

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dúada.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-vaa (infinitive kuvaa)

1. to wear
2. to get dressed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vaa
Positive present -navaa Subjunctive -vae Negative -vai Imperative singular vaa
Infinitives
Positive kuvaa Negative kutovaa
Imperatives
Singular vaa Plural vaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvaa Positive past positive subject concord + -livaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavaa/navaa tunavaa 2nd person unavaa mnavaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavaa wanavaa other classes positive subject concord + -navaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vai) Singular Plural 1st person sivai hatuvai 2nd person huvai hamvai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havai hawavai other classes negative subject concord + -vai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vae) Singular Plural 1st person nivae tuvae 2nd person uvae mvae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avae wavae other classes positive subject concord + -vae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avaa) Singular Plural 1st person navaa twavaa 2nd person wavaa mwavaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avaa wavaa m-mi(III/IV) wavaa yavaa ji-ma(V/VI) lavaa yavaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavaa vyavaa n(IX/X) yavaa zavaa u(XI) wavaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavaa pa(XVI) pavaa mu(XVIII) mwavaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovaa Consecutive kavaa / positive subject concord + -kavaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivaa -tuvaa 2nd person -kuvaa -wavaa/-kuvaeni/-wavaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvaa -wavaa m-mi(III/IV) -uvaa -ivaa ji-ma(V/VI) -livaa -yavaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivaa -vivaa n(IX/X) -ivaa -zivaa u(XI) -uvaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvaa pa(XVI) -pavaa mu(XVIII) -muvaa Reflexive -jivaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vaaye -vaao m-mi(III/IV) -vaao -vaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vaalo -vaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vaacho -vaavyo n(IX/X) -vaayo -vaazo u(XI) -vaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vaako pa(XVI) -vaapo mu(XVIII) -vaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevaa -ovaa m-mi(III/IV) -ovaa -yovaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovaa -yovaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovaa -vyovaa n(IX/X) -yovaa -zovaa u(XI) -ovaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovaa pa(XVI) -povaa mu(XVIII) -movaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -valia
  • Causative: -valisha
  • Passive: -valiwa
  • Stative: -valika

• Nominal derivations:
  • uvaaji

Votic

Alternative forms

• vaan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish vaan, vain and Ingrian vaa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑː/, [ˈvɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: vaa

Adverb

vaa

1. only, merely, just

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn