va

See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"

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 (plural va, definite vau, definite plural vatë)

1. ford
2. (regional) forest passageway
3. (figurative) way out

Derived terms

• vator

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Breton

Pronoun

va

1. my

   Va zad ― My father

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈva]
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan va, inherited from Latin vānus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-.

Adjective

va (feminine vana, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vanes)

1. vain (having no real substance)
2. vain (effecting no real purpose)

Derived terms

• en va
• envanir
• vanament

Related terms

• vanitat

Etymology 2

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

2. (auxiliary, with infinitive)

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.

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Cornish

Pronoun

va

1. he

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Fijian

Fijian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : va

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

1. four

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French

Etymology

Respectively from Latin vādit (indicative) and vāde (imperative), forms of vādō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

va

1. inflection of aller:
   1. third-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of vader:
   1. third-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See also

• ça va

Anagrams

• av.

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Galician

Adjective

va f sg

1. feminine singular of van

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Gokana

Noun

va

1. wife

References

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

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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

1. boat

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Interlingua

Verb

va

1. present of ir
2. present of vader

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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

1. inflection of andare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• va in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Japanese

Romanization

va

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぁ
2. Rōmaji transcription of わ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴァ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヷ

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Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb

-vá

1. to hear, to understand

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Ligurian

Verb

va

1. third-person singular present indicative of andâ

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Lithuanian

Interjection

va (informal)

1. here you are; here you go; voilà; lo; behold

Verb

va (informal)

1. Here is.

   Va pienas.

   Here's the milk.

   Va kaip aš tai padariau.

   Here's how I did it.

2. There is.

Synonyms

• štai (suitable for use in formal contexts)

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French va (“go”).

Verb

va

1. (auxiliary) to go
2. to go

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

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Manx

Alternative forms

• v’ (apocopic)

Verb

va (dependent form row)

1. Template:past tense of
   • 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.

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Maricopa

Noun

va

1. house

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Matal

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Central Chadic *v- (“to give”)

Verb

va

1. to give

   Ama Yesu aslə̀h məlo à masasəɗok mawisiga uwatà à gəl la ndzəɗa, ŋgaha awurà bəzi ala, avà à baba aŋha. (Luka 9:42)

   ​But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. (Luke 9:42)

2. to let, allow

   Mok uwana tabə̀z à mtəga, Yesu avà tetəvi à dza amiyaka tekula kà mad à gày aw, say Piyer, Yuhana, Yakuba, ŋgaha baba la iyà aŋa bəzi pəra.(Luka 8:51)

   ​Now when Jesus came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.(Luke 8:51)

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon. Cognate with German von.

Preposition

va

1. (+ 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.

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• vace

Etymology

From Latin vādit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

va

1. third-person singular present indicative of jí

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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)

1. (intransitive) to wade

Synonyms

• vasse

References

• “va” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• av

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.

Alternative forms

• vada (long form with a or split infinitive)
• vade (long form with e infinitive)

Verb

va (present tense var, past tense vadde, supine vadd or vadt, past participle vadd, present participle vadande)

1. (intransitive) to wade
2. (intransitive, chiefly about fish) swim at the surface

Etymology 2

Verb

va (present tense e)

1. (dialectal, colloquial) to be
2. (dialectal, colloquial) was

References

• “va” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• av

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From iva.

Particle

va

1. (poetic, enclitic) like, as if

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “va”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb

-vá

1. to understand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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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 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)

1. (he/she) will

   va fi aici mai târziu?

   will he/she be here later?

Etymology 2

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

1. (to go), only used in mai va (see usage notes).
2. (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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba]

Etymology 1

From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō.

Verb

va

1. third-person singular present indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Short form of vale.

Interjection

va

1. (Mexico) okay

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Verb

-vá

1. to understand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

A står för avlopp

Noun

va ?

1. water supply and sewage; abbreviation of vatten och avlopp.

Declension

Uninflected.

Related terms

• va-nämnd

Etymology 2

From vad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva/

Interjection

1. huh? what? A request that the speaker repeat their last statement. Contraction of vad.

   Va?

   What did you say?

See also

• vasa

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑː/

Verb

va

1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of vara

   Jag vill inte va tomte i år!

   I don't want to be Santa this year!

2. (colloquial) Apocopic form of var

   Han va inte där.

   He wasn't there.

Anagrams

• av, av-

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ва‍
Latin	va‍
Perso-Arabic	و

Conjunction

va

1. and

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vādit, vādunt, vādis, and vāde forms of vādō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va/

Verb

va

1. present indicative third-person of ndar
2. (regional) present indicative second-person singular of ndar
3. present imperative second-person singular of ndar

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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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaː˧˧] ~ [jaː˧˧]

Verb

va

1. to bump into (something)

   Hai người ấy va vào nhau.

   They (those two) bumped into each other.

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Xhosa

Etymology 1

Verb

-va^?

1. to feel

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jígua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v̥a̤]

Verb

-̂va

1. to understand
2. to hear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian باد (bâd).

Noun

va

1. wind

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 花 (MC xwae).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /βa˨˦/
• Tone numbers: va¹
• Hyphenation: va

Noun

va (Sawndip forms 椛 or 𦭈, 1957–1982 spelling va)

1. flower

   Synonym: ndok

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Zou

Va khet.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa. Cognates include Khumi Chin tävaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va˧˥/

Noun

vá

1. bird

Derived terms

• inva
• kangva
• vala
• vasa

 

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 46