ava

Noun

ava (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

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   • 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp

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

Anagrams

• AAV

Etymology

Derived from avama (“to open”).

Noun

ava (genitive ava, partitive ava)

1. hole, opening

Verb

ava

1. Second-person singular imperative form of avama.

Noun

ava

1. man

Etymology

From Latin ava.

Noun

ava f (plural ave) feminine of avo

1. female ancestor

Etymology

Cf. avia. From the feminine of avus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.wa/

Noun

ava f (genitive avae); first declension

1. grandmother
2. old wives' tale

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, 1883–1887)
• ava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Interjection

ava

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

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

Noun

ava

1. passage through a coral reef for boats

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ava (not comparable)

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

Noun

ava m, f (plural ava)

1. Ava (denomination of Guaraní)

Etymology

Short for avannonsera

Verb

ava

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

Alternative forms

• avat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

ava

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

Noun

ava

1. dative singular of av

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin apis.

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

1. bee