lava
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”). A supposed relation with lavare (“to wash”) is now widely discredited. Neither is there probably any relation with Arabic لابة (lāba, “black volcanic rock”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US, UK) enPR: läʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/
Audio (US) (file) - (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈlævə/
- Homophone: larva (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɑːvə
Noun[edit]
lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)
- The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
- (informal, proscribed) Magma.
- A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
- lava:
Usage notes[edit]
Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
lava (definite accusative lavanı, plural lavalar)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lava | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | lava |
lavalar | ||||||
definite accusative | lavanı |
lavaları | ||||||
dative | lavaya |
lavalara | ||||||
locative | lavada |
lavalarda | ||||||
ablative | lavadan |
lavalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | lavanın |
lavaların |
References[edit]
- “lava” in Obastan.com.
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f (plural laves)
Further reading[edit]
- “lava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava
Declension[edit]
nominative | lava |
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genitive | lavanıñ |
dative | lavağa |
accusative | lavanı |
locative | lavada |
ablative | lavadan |
References[edit]
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lava.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- lava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- lava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧va
Noun[edit]
lava c (uncountable)
References[edit]
- “lava” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *lava, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava (genitive lava, partitive lava)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lava | lavad |
accusative | lava | lavad |
genitive | lava | lavade |
partitive | lava | lavu lavasid |
illative | lavva lavasse |
lavadesse lavusse |
inessive | lavas | lavades lavus |
elative | lavast | lavadest lavust |
allative | lavale | lavadele lavule |
adessive | laval | lavadel lavul |
ablative | lavalt | lavadelt lavult |
translative | lavaks | lavadeks lavuks |
terminative | lavani | lavadeni |
essive | lavana | lavadena |
abessive | lavata | lavadeta |
comitative | lavaga | lavadega |
Further reading[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *lava (compare Estonian lava, Livonian lovā, Veps lava), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ (compare Latvian lāva, Lithuanian lova).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava
- platform; podium (a flat, raised surface)
- bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
- stage (in a theatre, a concert hall or such)
- Clipping of tanssilava.
- plant bed, raised bed (raised, framed platform for planting)
- Synonym: kasvilava
- pallet (transport pallet, also as a unit)
- Synonym: kuormalava
- (colloquial) case (pack of usually 24 cans of beer or other drink)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lava | lavat | ||
genitive | lavan | lavojen | ||
partitive | lavaa | lavoja | ||
illative | lavaan | lavoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lava | lavat | ||
accusative | nom. | lava | lavat | |
gen. | lavan | |||
genitive | lavan | lavojen lavainrare | ||
partitive | lavaa | lavoja | ||
inessive | lavassa | lavoissa | ||
elative | lavasta | lavoista | ||
illative | lavaan | lavoihin | ||
adessive | lavalla | lavoilla | ||
ablative | lavalta | lavoilta | ||
allative | lavalle | lavoille | ||
essive | lavana | lavoina | ||
translative | lavaksi | lavoiksi | ||
instructive | — | lavoin | ||
abessive | lavatta | lavoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
lava
- third-person singular past historic of laver
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f (plural lavas)
Further reading[edit]
- “lava” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch lava, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava (plural lava-lava, first-person possessive lavaku, second-person possessive lavamu, third-person possessive lavanya)
- (geology) lava: the molten rock ejected by a volcano (hence on the surface) from its crater or fissured sides.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lava” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f (plural lave)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
lava
- inflection of lavare:
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Neapolitan lava or Italian lava.
Noun[edit]
lava f (genitive lavae); first declension
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
lavā
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).
Noun[edit]
lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava m or n
References[edit]
- “lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).
Noun[edit]
lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava n
References[edit]
- “lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lavō (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-.
Noun[edit]
lava f (plural lavas)
- lava (melted rock)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
lava
- inflection of lavar:
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Neapolitan lava (“lava”), from lavare (“to wash”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava f (uncountable)
Verb[edit]
lava
- inflection of lavar:
Further reading[edit]
- “lava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
lava (n class, plural lava)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
lava c
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Tokelauan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *lawa. Cognates include Hawaiian lawa and Samoan lava.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lava
Particle[edit]
lava
- Expresses exclusiveness of the preceding word; just, only
- Intensifies the preceding word; just (the same), right (now)
- Forms a reflexive from the preceding personal pronoun; -self
References[edit]
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181
Tsonga[edit]
Verb[edit]
lava
- to want
Veps[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *lava.
Noun[edit]
lava
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of lava (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | lava | ||
genitive sing. | lavan | ||
partitive sing. | lavad | ||
partitive plur. | lavoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lava | lavad | |
accusative | lavan | lavad | |
genitive | lavan | lavoiden | |
partitive | lavad | lavoid | |
essive-instructive | lavan | lavoin | |
translative | lavaks | lavoikš | |
inessive | lavas | lavoiš | |
elative | lavaspäi | lavoišpäi | |
illative | lavaha | lavoihe | |
adessive | laval | lavoil | |
ablative | lavalpäi | lavoilpäi | |
allative | lavale | lavoile | |
abessive | lavata | lavoita | |
comitative | lavanke | lavoidenke | |
prolative | lavadme | lavoidme | |
approximative I | lavanno | lavoidenno | |
approximative II | lavannoks | lavoidennoks | |
egressive | lavannopäi | lavoidennopäi | |
terminative I | lavahasai | lavoihesai | |
terminative II | lavalesai | lavoilesai | |
terminative III | lavassai | — | |
additive I | lavahapäi | lavoihepäi | |
additive II | lavalepäi | lavoilepäi |
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