va
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ua(d), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, walk”). It is impossible to determine whether it is genetically related to Latin vadum or a loanword[1].
Noun
va m, f
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.405
Breton
Pronoun
va
- my
- Va zad ― My father
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan, from Latin vānus.
Adjective
va (feminine vana, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vanes)
Derived terms
- en va
- vanament
Related terms
- vanitat
Etymology 2
From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō.
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative form of anar
Further reading
- “va” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish
Pronoun
va
Fijian
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : va | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
va
French
Etymology
Respectively from Latin vādit (indicative) and vāde (imperative), forms of vādō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
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Audio (Paris) (file)
Verb
va
See also
Anagrams
Galician
Adjective
va f sg
- feminine singular of van
Interlingua
Verb
va
Italian
Alternative forms
- và (misspelling)
Etymology
From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō, and vāde, second-person singular present active imperative of the same verb, respectively.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
- Rhymes: -a
Verb
va
Japanese
Romanization
va
Ligurian
Verb
va
- third-person singular present indicative of andâ
Lithuanian
Interjection
va (informal)
Verb
va (informal)
- Here is.
- Va pienas.
- Here's the milk.
- Va kaip aš tai padariau.
- Here's how I did it.
- Va pienas.
- There is.
Synonyms
- štai (suitable for use in formal contexts)
Manx
Alternative forms
- v’ (apocopic)
Verb
va (dependent form row)
- past tense of bee
Maricopa
Noun
va
Matal
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Central Chadic *v₁- (“to give”)[1]
Verb
va
- to give
- Ama Yesu aslə̀h məlo à masasəɗok mawisiga uwatà à gəl la ndzəɗa, ŋgaha awurà bəzi ala, avà à baba aŋha. (Luka 9:42) [2]
- But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. (Luke 9:42)
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- to let, allow
- Mok uwana tabə̀z à mtəga, Yesu avà tetəvi à dza amiyaka tekula kà mad à gày aw, say Piyer, Yuhana, Yakuba, ŋgaha baba la iyà aŋa bəzi pəra.(Luka 8:51) [3]
- Now when Jesus came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.(Luke 8:51)
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References
- ↑ Gravina, Richard (2015), “v₁”, in Proto-Central Chadic Dictionary, Leiden
- ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/9
- ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Luke/8
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
From iva.
Particle
va
References
- va in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [va]
Etymology 1
Verb
(el/ea) va (modal auxiliary, third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)
Etymology 2
From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō. It is also rarely used as a second person singular imperative form, meaning "go", from Latin vāde.
Alternative forms
- vă (rare)
Verb
va
Usage notes
The conjugation for this verb is defective, with the only remaining form being va, used in the expression "mai va", meaning "it will take longer or there is more to go (until then)".
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vādit, third person singular present active indicative of vādō.
Verb
va
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ir.
Swedish

Abbreviation
va
Related terms
- va-nämnd
Interjection
va
- huh? what? A request that the speaker repeat his last statement. Contraction of vad.
- Va?
- What did you say?
- Va?
See also
Verb
va
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of vara
- Jag vill inte va tomte i år!
- I don't want to be Santa this year!
- Jag vill inte va tomte i år!
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of var
- Han va inte där.
- He wasn't there.
- Han va inte där.
Uzbek
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | ва |
| Roman | va |
| Perso-Arabic | و |
Conjunction
va
Venetian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
Verb
va
- present indicative third-person of ndar
- (regional) present indicative second-person singular of ndar
- present imperative second-person singular of ndar
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vʲaː˧˧]
Verb
va
- to bump into (something)
- Hai người ấy va vào nhau.
- They (those two) bumped into each other.
- Hai người ấy va vào nhau.
Xhosa
Verb
-va?
- to feel
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zazaki
Etymology
Noun
va ?