valo

See also: való and váló

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvalo/
• Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

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

1. (geography) valley

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Finnish

(index va)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑ̝lo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo

1. light (radiation)

Declension

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

Derived terms

• adjectives: valoisa, valoton
• verbs: valottaa, valaista, valistaa

compounds

• valoanturi
• valodiodi
• valokopio
• valokopioida

• valokopiokone
• valokuva
• valokynä
• valoladonta

• valonarka
• valopilkku
• valovoima
• valovuosi

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Galician

Valos delimiting and protecting the fields, Muxía, Galicia

Etymology

From Latin vallum (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalo̝/

Noun

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

• valar
• valado

References

• “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 Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “valo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto valo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.lo/

Noun

valo (plural vali)

1. (geography) valley, vale

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Ingrian

Noun

valo

1. light (lux)

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Karelian

Noun

valo

1. light (lux)

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Malagasy

Malagasy cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : valo

Etymology

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

Numeral

valo

1. (cardinal) eight

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo m (plural valos)

1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

Synonyms

• muralha, muro, baluarte