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Translingual

Symbol

ava

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Avar.

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of kava.

Pronunciation

Noun

ava (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of kava.
    • 1859, James Finlay Weir Johnston, The Chemistry of Common Life:
      In the Tonga Islands , the ava root, when dry, is split up into small pieces with an axe or other sharp instrument
    • 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp:
      […] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from avama (“to open”).

Noun

ava (genitive ava, partitive ava)

  1. hole, opening

Inflection

More information Declension of (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

Verb

ava

  1. Second-person singular imperative form of avama.

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

Noun

ava f

  1. bee

References

  • 2015, Sandro Cergna, Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 31:

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: à‧va

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

  1. female equivalent of avo (“ancestor”)

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Noun

ava f

  1. bean
    Synonyms: djurguelo (Edirne), fijon (Balkan)

Latin

Etymology

Feminine counterpart to avus (“grandfather”) formed with *-éh₂, compare Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”), although conceivably a secondary formation. Compare avia.

Pronunciation

Noun

ava f (genitive avae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. grandmother
  2. old wives' tale

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Friulian: ave
  • Italian: ava
  • Sardinian: aba

References

  • “ava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "ava", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “ava”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Lombard

Pronunciation

Noun

ava f

  1. bee

Mbya Guarani

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.

    Noun

    ava

    1. man
    • ava poapê
    • ava poxy
    • ava'i
    • avakue

    References

    • Robert A. Dooley (August 2016), “ava”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 22

    Northern Kurdish

    Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *āpāta- (“city, cultivated”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂tew-, derived from the root *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    ava (comparative avatir, superlative herî ava or tewrî ava, Arabic spelling ئاڤا)

    1. built, built up; thriving, flourishing
      Synonym: şên
    2. (of the Sun) setting
    3. (of mares) pregnant

    Derived terms

    References

    • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ava”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 17
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    Paraguayan Guarani

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    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa
    Paraguayan Guarani ava

      Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa, from Proto-Tupian *apʷũ.

      Cognates

      Tembé awa, awe, Aurá and Emerillon awa, Apiaká awaŋa, Tupinambá aβa, Anambé awã, Cocama awa, Old Tupi abá, Guarayu and Sirionó aba and Paraguayan Guarani, Aché, Mbya Guarani, and Chiripá ava.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aˈʋa/
      • (Paraguayan Guarani, Eatern Guarani) IPA(key): [aˈʋa], [aˈva];
      • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [aˈʋa].

      Noun

      ava

      1. a man, human, person
      2. people
      3. (strictly) the Guarani people or all Indigenous people in general
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      Portuguese

      Interjection

      ava

      1. (Internet slang) alternative form of ah, vá

      Further reading

      Romansch

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

      Noun

      ava f

      1. (Surmiran) water

      Derived terms

      Samoan

      Noun

      ava

      1. passage through a coral reef for boats

      Scots

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [əˈvɑː], [əˈvɔː], [əˈvaː]

      Adverb

      ava (not comparable)

      1. at all
      2. without stopping
      3. of all

      Derived terms

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈaba/ [ˈa.β̞a]
      • Rhymes: -aba
      • Syllabification: a‧va

      Noun

      ava m or f by sense (plural ava)

      1. Ava (denomination of Guarani)

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Short for avannonsera

      Verb

      ava (present avar, preterite avade, supine avat, imperative ava)

      1. (radio, slang) to announce a song or radio program at its end

      Conjugation

      More information active, passive ...

      1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

      Antonyms

      • påa

      Tahitian

      Teanu

      Tolai

      Turkish

      Venetan

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