valka
Latvian
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
Declension of valkà
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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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 |
References
- “valka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- 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
- IPA(key): /²valka/
- Rhymes: -alka
Conjugation
Conjugation of valka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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 |
Participles | ||||
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
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
- Hyphenation: val‧ka
Inflection
Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation) | ||
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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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