ava

See also: Ava, āva, avá, åvå, -ava, and 'ava

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑː.və/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

ava (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava
   • 1859, James Finlay Weir Johnston, The Chemistry of Common Life

     In the Tonga Islands , the ava root , when dry , is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument

   • 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp

     […] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.

Anagrams

• AAV

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from avama (“to open”).

Noun

ava (genitive ava, partitive ava)

1. hole, opening

Inflection

Inflection of ava (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	ava	avad
accusative	ava	avad
genitive	ava	avade
partitive	ava	avu avasid
illative	avva avasse	avadesse avusse
inessive	avas	avades avus
elative	avast	avadest avust
allative	avale	avadele avule
adessive	aval	avadel avul
ablative	avalt	avadelt avult
translative	avaks	avadeks avuks
terminative	avani	avadeni
essive	avana	avadena
abessive	avata	avadeta
comitative	avaga	avadega

Derived terms

• avamäng

Related terms

• avatud
• avaus
• avar

Verb

ava

1. Second-person singular imperative form of avama.

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Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈʋa/

Noun

ava

1. man, human
2. person
3. people

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ava.

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

1. female equivalent of avo (“ancestor”)

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Latin

Etymology

Cf. avia. From the feminine of avus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯a/, [ˈäu̯ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va/, [ˈäːvä]

Noun

ava f (genitive avae); first declension

1. grandmother
2. old wives' tale

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ava	avae
Genitive	avae	avārum
Dative	avae	avīs
Accusative	avam	avās
Ablative	avā	avīs
Vocative	ava	avae

Descendants

• Friulian: ave
• Sardinian: aba
• Italian: ava

References

• ava in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Interjection

ava

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of ah, vá

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) aua
• (Puter) ova

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

ava f

1. (Surmiran) water

Derived terms

• ava da bever
• ava minerala
• ava dalla spegna

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Samoan

Noun

ava

1. passage through a coral reef for boats

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əˈvɑː], [əˈvɔː], [əˈvaː]

Adverb

ava (not comparable)

1. at all
2. without stopping
3. of all

Derived terms

• no ava

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Spanish

Noun

ava m or f (plural ava)

1. Ava (denomination of Guaraní)

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Swedish

Etymology

Short for avannonsera

Verb

ava (present avar, preterite avade, supine avat, imperative ava)

1. (radio, slang) to announce a song or radio program at its end

Conjugation

Conjugation of ava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ava		avas
Supine	avat		avats
Imperative	ava		—
Imper. plural1	aven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	avar	avade	avas	avades
Ind. plural1	ava	avade	avas	avades
Subjunctive2	ave	avade	aves	avades
	Participles
Present participle	avande
Past participle	avad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Antonyms

• påa

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• avat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

ava

1. Second-person plural pronoun: you (many)

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Turkish

Noun

ava

1. dative singular of av

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Venetian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin apis.

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

1. bee