valka
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Latvian
Noun
valka m
Lithuanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walka n, *walkāˀ f, cognate with Lithuanian valks (“creek”), probably Proto-Slavic *obolkъ (“cloud”). Possibly further akin to various hydronyms in Central Europe such as r. Ulca (of Pannonian or Illyrian provenance).
Noun
valkà f stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | valkà | vãlkos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | valkõs | valkų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | vãlkai | valkóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | vãlką | valkàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | valkà | valkomìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | valkojè | valkosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | vãlka | vãlkos |
Declension of valkà
References
- “valka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “valka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish valka, from Old Norse valka, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with English walk.
Pronunciation
Verb
valka (present valkar, preterite valkade, supine valkat, imperative valka)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | valka | valkas | ||
| supine | valkat | valkats | ||
| imperative | valka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | valken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | valkar | valkade | valkas | valkades |
| ind. plural1 | valka | valkade | valkas | valkades |
| subjunctive2 | valke | valkade | valkes | valkades |
| present participle | valkande | |||
| past participle | valkad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *valkëda.
Pronunciation
Adjective
valka
Inflection
| Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | valka | valkad |
| genitive | valka | valkajõ, valkai |
| partitive | valkatõ | valkaitõ, valkai |
| illative | valkasõ, valka | valkaisõ |
| inessive | valkaz | valkaiz |
| elative | valkassõ | valkaissõ |
| allative | valkalõ | valkailõ |
| adessive | valkallõ | valkaillõ |
| ablative | valkaltõ | valkailtõ |
| translative | valkassi | valkaissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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