valas

See also: Valas and válás

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Sami fális, from Proto-Samic *fālēs, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”). Originally more commonly used as a part of the compound valaskala, for which compare Swedish valfisk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑs/, [ˈʋɑlɑs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑs
• Syllabification^(key): va‧las

Noun

valas

1. whale

Declension

Inflection of valas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative		valas	valaat
genitive		valaan	valaiden valaitten
partitive		valasta	valaita
illative		valaaseen	valaisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		valas	valaat
accusative	nom.	valas	valaat
	gen.	valaan
genitive		valaan	valaiden valaitten
partitive		valasta	valaita
inessive		valaassa	valaissa
elative		valaasta	valaista
illative		valaaseen	valaisiin valaihinrare
adessive		valaalla	valailla
ablative		valaalta	valailta
allative		valaalle	valaille
essive		valaana	valaina
translative		valaaksi	valaiksi
instructive		—	valain
abessive		valaatta	valaitta
comitative		—	valaineen

Possessive forms of valas (type vieras)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	valaani	valaamme
2nd person	valaasi	valaanne
3rd person	valaansa

Synonyms

• valaskala

Derived terms

• hammasvalas
• harmaavalas
• hetulavalas
• jokivalas
• lahtivalas
• maitovalas
• miekkavalas
• nokkavalas
• ryhävalas
• sarvivalas
• seitivalas
• sillivalas
• silovalas
• sinivalas
• uurteisvalas
• valaanpyynti
• valaanrasva

 

Anagrams

• salva

Indonesian

Noun

valas (first-person possessive valasku, second-person possessive valasmu, third-person possessive valasnya)

1. acronym of valuta asing (“foreign currency”).

Portuguese

Noun

valas

1. plural of vala