vala

From Zulu -vala, from Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

vala

1. to close, to shut

From Proto-Finnic *vala, from Proto-Uralic *wala.[1] Related to Lule Sami vuolle, Erzya вал (val, “word”) and Nganasan бәлы.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧la

vala

1. oath
   • 19th century, (Julius Krohn?), “Vala”, in "Sotilaspoika", editor, Suomen sotilaan lauluja, 4th edition, Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, published 1933:

     Kuullos pyhä vala kallis Suomen maa;
     Sinuun koskea ei väkivalta saa!
     Sua suojelemme, verin varjelemme,
     Ollos huoleton,
     Poikas valveill’ on.

     Hear now our sacred oath, dear Finland
     Never shall violence touch thee!
     We will defend thee, guard with our blood,
     So be free of worry,
     thy sons are awake.

• vannoa

• “vala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): va‧la

vala

1. inflection of valaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• lava

vala

1. inflection of valar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: va‧la

vala

1. Archaic third-person singular indicative past form of van (“to be”). For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

   Synonym: (modern form) volt

   • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, János vitéz (John the Valiant) chapter 4, stanza 1, translated by John Ridland:

     Mikorra a patak vize tükörré lett, / Melybe ezer csillag ragyogása nézett: / Jancsi Iluskáék kertje alatt vala; / Maga sem tudta, hogy mikép jutott oda.

     When the brook made a looking glass of its water, / In whose surface a thousand stars were a-glitter, / Johnny was standing at the foot of Nell's yard; / Though to tell how he'd come to it would have been hard. (literally: “… Johnny was at…”)

• valék, valál, vala, valánk, valátok, valának

• vala-

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑ/, [ˈʋɑɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlɑ/, [ˈʋɑɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧la

vala

1. inflection of vallaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 636

• vale

• Rhymes: -ɑː

vala

1. empty

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

-vala

1. (transitive) to close, to shut

   Antonym: -vula

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

vala n pl

1. definite plural of val

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

-vala

1. to shut, to close

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Latin valla.[1][2]

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Homophone: bala (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧la

vala f (plural valas)

1. ditch, trench

• vàlāh
• vàlāj

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish والله (vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللّٰه (wa-llāh).

• IPA^(key): /ʋǎlaː/
• Hyphenation: va‧la

vàlā (Cyrillic spelling ва̀ла̄)

1. (regional, Bosnia) truthfully, honestly

vàlā (Cyrillic spelling ва̀ла̄)

1. (regional, Bosnia) by God!, begad, egad, by golly

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

-vala

1. to close, to shut

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa₃ (“loincloth, skirt”) (compare with Samoan lava-lava)[1] related to Proto-Polynesian *lawa₂ (compare with Maori whakarawa (“to fasten”), Hawaiian lawa (“to bind”), Tongan lalava (“to braid with a sinnet, to wrap”)) from Proto-Oceanic *lawaq₂ (“spider”) (compare with Fijian lawalawa (“cobweb”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (“spider”) (compare with Malay labah-labah and lelabah, Tagalog alalawa)[2] Doublet of lavalava and lalava.

vala

1. clothes in general
2. loincloth

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

vala

1. to close, to shut

   Antonym: vula

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

-vala

1. (transitive) to close, to shut

   Antonym: -vula

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Compare Malay merah (“red”).

vala

1. red

From va (“bird”) +‎ la (“feather”).

vala

1. quail

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 66

From Proto-Bantu *-dùgada.

-vala

1. (transitive) to close, to shut

   Antonym: -vula

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “vala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “vala (6.3)”