valta

See also: välta

Asturian

Verb

valta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of valtar
  2. second-person singular imperative of valtar

Finnish

(index va)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta, from Proto-Germanic *waldą ("might, power, authority"). Compare Swedish våld and German Gewalt. The first New Testament in Finnish, Se Wsi Testamenti from 1548 uses the form "walda".

Noun

valta

  1. power, authority, rule
  2. as modifier in compound term main, principal
    valtakatu = main street
    valtaväylä = mainstream
  3. country, state, power
    Hän vakoili vieraan vallan hyväksi.
    He spied for a foreign power.
    Yhdysvallat = United States
    Itävalta (from German Österreich) = Austria

Declension

Inflection of valta (Kotus type 9/kala, lt-ll gradation)
nominative valta vallat
genitive vallan valtojen
partitive valtaa valtoja
illative valtaan valtoihin
singular plural
nominative valta vallat
accusative nom. valta vallat
gen. vallan
genitive vallan valtojen
valtainrare
partitive valtaa valtoja
inessive vallassa valloissa
elative vallasta valloista
illative valtaan valtoihin
adessive vallalla valloilla
ablative vallalta valloilta
allative vallalle valloille
essive valtana valtoina
translative vallaksi valloiksi
instructive — valloin
abessive vallatta valloitta
comitative — valtoineen

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valta.

Noun

valta

  1. might
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