valo

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See also: való, válo, and váló

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin vallis, English vale/valley, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvalo/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo
  • Rhymes: -alo

Noun[edit]

valo (accusative singular valon, plural valoj, accusative plural valojn)

  1. (geography) valley, vale

Finnish[edit]

(index va)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waĺɜ. Cognates include dialectal Finnish valu (“light”), Estonian valu (“light (poetic)”), Komi-Permyak волявны (voljavny, “shine”) and Hungarian világ (“light”). Compare also Finnish valkea (“white, fire, bright”), Estonian valgus (“light”), from *walke.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑlo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlo
  • Syllabification: va‧lo

Noun[edit]

valo

  1. light (visible electromagnetic radiation)
  2. a light source, a lamp; a signal light

Declension[edit]

Inflection of valo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valojen
partitive valoa valoja
illative valoon valoihin
singular plural
nominative valo valot
accusative nom. valo valot
gen. valon
genitive valon valojen
partitive valoa valoja
inessive valossa valoissa
elative valosta valoista
illative valoon valoihin
adessive valolla valoilla
ablative valolta valoilta
allative valolle valoille
essive valona valoina
translative valoksi valoiksi
instructive — valoin
abessive valotta valoitta
comitative — valoineen
Possessive forms of valo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person valoni valomme
2nd person valosi valonne
3rd person valonsa

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

compounds

Galician[edit]

Valos delimiting and protecting the fields, Muxía, Galicia

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vallum (“wall”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

valo m (plural valos)

  1. wall, rampart or fence which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter
    Synonyms: cerca, cerrado, muro, valado

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “valo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “valo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “valo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “valo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “valo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Esperanto valo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

valo (plural vali)

  1. (geography) valley, vale

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waĺɜ. Cognates include Finnish valo and Estonian valu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun[edit]

valo (genitive valon, partitive valloa)

  1. light (visible radiation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of valo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valloin, valoloin
partitive valloa valloja, valoloja
illative valloo valloihe, valoloihe
inessive valoos valois, valolois
elative valost valoist, valoloist
allative valolle valoille, valoloille
adessive valool valoil, valoloil
ablative valolt valoilt, valoloilt
translative valoks valoiks, valoloiks
essive valonna
valloon 		valoinna, valoloinna
valloin, valoloin
exessive1) valont valoint, valoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Etymology 2[edit]

Related to Votic valo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun[edit]

valo (genitive valon, partitive valloa)

  1. dung, manure
Declension[edit]
Declension of valo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valloin, valoloin
partitive valloa valloja, valoloja
illative valloo valloihe, valoloihe
inessive valoos valois, valolois
elative valost valoist, valoloist
allative valolle valoille, valoloille
adessive valool valoil, valoloil
ablative valolt valoilt, valoloilt
translative valoks valoiks, valoloiks
essive valonna
valloon 		valoinna, valoloinna
valloin, valoloin
exessive1) valont valoint, valoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 82
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 637

Karelian[edit]

Noun[edit]

valo

  1. light (lux)

Malagasy[edit]

Malagasy cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : valo

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral[edit]

valo

  1. eight

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin vallum

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

valo m (plural valos)

  1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)
    Synonyms: muralha, muro, baluarte
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