lava

See also: Lava, láva, lavá, lavâ, låvå, lava-, and ľavá

English

Etymology

From Italian, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”). A supposed relation with lavare (“to wash”) is now widely discredited. Neither is there probably any relation with Arabic لابة‎ (lāba, “black volcanic rock”).

Pronunciation

(US, UK) enPR: läʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːvə/
Audio (US) (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈlævə/
Homophone: larva (in non-rhotic accents)
Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
(informal, proscribed) Magma.
A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
lava:

Usage notes

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

Hyponyms

cryolava, pillow lava

Derived terms

lava flow

Related terms

lava lamp
lava millstone
lava ware

Translations

molten rock

Albanian: lavë (sq) f
Arabic: حُمَم بُرْكَانِيَّة‎ pl (ḥumam burkāniyya), لَابَة‎ f (lāba)
Armenian: լավա (hy) (lava)
Azerbaijani: lava (az)
Basque: laba
Belarusian: ла́ва f (láva)
Bengali: লাভা (labha)
Bulgarian: ла́ва f (láva)
Burmese: ချော် (my) (hkyau)
Catalan: lava (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熔岩 (zh) (róngyán)
Czech: láva (cs) f
Danish: lava (da) c
Dutch: lava (nl) f
Esperanto: lafo
Estonian: laava
Faroese: grótbræðing f
Finnish: laava (fi)
French: lave (fr) f
Friulian: lave f
Galician: lava (gl) f
Georgian: ლავა (lava)
German: Lava (de) f
Greek: λάβα (el) f (láva)
Ancient: ῥύαξ m (rhúax)
Hawaiian: ʻaʻā
Hebrew: לַבָּה‎ (he) f (láva)
Hindi: लावा (hi) m (lāvā)
Hungarian: láva (hu)
Icelandic: hraun (is)
Ido: lavao (io)
Indonesian: lava (id), lahar (id)
Irish: laibhe f
Italian: lava (it) f
Japanese: 溶岩 (ja) (ようがん, yōgan), ラヴァ (rava)
Kazakh: лава (lava)
Khmer: កំអែភ្នំភ្លើង (kɑmʼaepnumpləəng)
Korean: 용암(熔岩) (ko) (yong'am)
Kyrgyz: лава (lava)
Lao: ຫີນລາວາ (lo) (hīn lā wā)
Latin: lava (la) f (New Latin), rhyax m (New Latin)
Latvian: lava f
Lithuanian: lava f
Low German: Lava
Luxembourgish: Lava
Macedonian: лава f (lava)
Malay: lava (ms)
Maori: rangitoto, tahepuia
Navajo: tsézhin, chézhin
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lava (no) m
Nynorsk: lava m
Persian: گدازه‎ (fa) (godâze)
Punjabi: ਲਾਵਾ m (lāvā)
Polish: lawa (pl) f
Portuguese: lava (pt) f
Romanian: lavă (ro) f
Russian: ла́ва (ru) f (láva)
Samoan: lava
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ла́ва f
Roman: láva (sh) f
Sicilian: lava f
Slovak: láva (sk) f
Slovene: lava (sl) f
Spanish: lava (es) f
Swahili: lava
Swedish: lava (sv) c
Tagalog: laba
Tahitian: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: гудоза (gudoza), тафта (tafta)
Tamil: லாவா (lāvā)
Telugu: లావా (lāvā)
Tetum: lava
Thai: หินหลอมเหลว (hǐn-lɔ̌ɔm-lěeo)
Tongan: lava
Turkish: lav (tr)
Turkmen: lawa
Ukrainian: ла́ва f (láva)
Urdu: لاوا‎ m (lāvā)
Uzbek: lava (uz)
Vietnamese: dung nham (熔岩)
Volapük: lavat (vo)
Welsh: lafa m

magma — see magma

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Translations to be checked

Maori: ^{(please verify)} rangitoto

Anagrams

Alva, Vaal, aval

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

lava (definite accusative lavanı, plural lavalar)

lava

Declension

Declension of lava
	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavalar
definite accusative	lavanı	lavaları
dative	lavaya	lavalara
locative	lavada	lavalarda
ablative	lavadan	lavalardan
definite genitive	lavanın	lavaların

Possessive forms of lava
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavam	lavalarım
sənin (“your”)	lavan	lavaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavası	lavaları
bizim (“our”)	lavamız	lavalarımız
sizin (“your”)	lavanız	lavalarınız
onların (“their”)	lavası or lavaları	lavaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamı	lavalarımı
sənin (“your”)	lavanı	lavalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasını	lavalarını
bizim (“our”)	lavamızı	lavalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	lavanızı	lavalarınızı
onların (“their”)	lavasını or lavalarını	lavalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavama	lavalarıma
sənin (“your”)	lavana	lavalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasına	lavalarına
bizim (“our”)	lavamıza	lavalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	lavanıza	lavalarınıza
onların (“their”)	lavasına or lavalarına	lavalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamda	lavalarımda
sənin (“your”)	lavanda	lavalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasında	lavalarında
bizim (“our”)	lavamızda	lavalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	lavanızda	lavalarınızda
onların (“their”)	lavasında or lavalarında	lavalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamdan	lavalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	lavandan	lavalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasından	lavalarından
bizim (“our”)	lavamızdan	lavalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	lavanızdan	lavalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	lavasından or lavalarından	lavalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamın	lavalarımın
sənin (“your”)	lavanın	lavalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasının	lavalarının
bizim (“our”)	lavamızın	lavalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	lavanızın	lavalarınızın
onların (“their”)	lavasının or lavalarının	lavalarının

References

“lava” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈla.və/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

lava

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian lava.

Noun

lava

lava

Declension

Declension of lava

nominative	lava
genitive	lavanıñ
dative	lavağa
accusative	lavanı
locative	lavada
ablative	lavadan

References

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lava.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

(dialectal) Alternative form of lavice (“bench”).

Declension

Declension of lava

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavy
genitive	lavy	lav
dative	lavě	lavám
accusative	lavu	lavy
vocative	lavo	lavy
locative	lavě	lavách
instrumental	lavou	lavami

Related terms

lavice
lávka

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava c (uncountable)

lava

References

“lava” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑvɑ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑvɑ
Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava (genitive lava, partitive lava)

stage

Declension

Inflection of lava (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavad
accusative	lava	lavad
genitive	lava	lavade
partitive	lava	lavu lavasid
illative	lavva lavasse	lavadesse lavusse
inessive	lavas	lavades lavus
elative	lavast	lavadest lavust
allative	lavale	lavadele lavule
adessive	laval	lavadel lavul
ablative	lavalt	lavadelt lavult
translative	lavaks	lavadeks lavuks
terminative	lavani	lavadeni
essive	lavana	lavadena
abessive	lavata	lavadeta
comitative	lavaga	lavadega

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava (compare Estonian lava, Livonian lovā, Veps lava), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ (compare Latvian lāva, Lithuanian lova).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑʋɑ/, [ˈlɑʋɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
Syllabification^(key): la‧va

Noun

lava

platform; podium (a flat, raised surface)
Synonyms: koroke, (rare) estradi
bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
stage (in a theatre, a concert hall or such)
Synonyms: estradi, näyttämö
Clipping of tanssilava.
plant bed, raised bed (raised, framed platform for planting)
Synonym: kasvilava
pallet (transport pallet, also as a unit)
Synonym: kuormalava
(colloquial) case (pack of usually 24 cans of beer or other drink)

Declension

Inflection of lava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lava	lavat
genitive		lavan	lavojen
partitive		lavaa	lavoja
illative		lavaan	lavoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lava	lavat
accusative	nom.	lava	lavat
accusative	gen.	lavan	lavat
genitive		lavan	lavojen lavain^rare
partitive		lavaa	lavoja
inessive		lavassa	lavoissa
elative		lavasta	lavoista
illative		lavaan	lavoihin
adessive		lavalla	lavoilla
ablative		lavalta	lavoilta
allative		lavalle	lavoille
essive		lavana	lavoina
translative		lavaksi	lavoiksi
instructive		—	lavoin
abessive		lavatta	lavoitta
comitative		—	lavoineen

Possessive forms of lava (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lavani	lavamme
2nd person	lavasi	lavanne
3rd person	lavansa

Compounds

avolava
kuormalava
lavakuorma-auto
lavashow
lavasäteily
tanssilava

Anagrams

vala

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

lava

third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

aval

Galician

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

lava

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/
Rhymes: -ava
Hyphenation: là‧va

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

lava

Related terms

lavico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava or Italian lava.

Noun

lava f (genitive lavae); first declension

(New Latin) lava
Synonym: rhyax

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lavā

second-person singular present active imperative of lavō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

(geology) lava

Derived terms

lavastrøm

Alternative forms

lavene

Noun

lava m or n

definite neuter plural of lav

References

“lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

(geology) lava

Noun

lava n

definite plural of lav

References

“lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

lava

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.vɐ/

Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
Hyphenation: la‧va

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lavō (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-.

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

lava (melted rock)

Related terms

magma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

definite nominative/accusative singular of lavă

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

(geology) lava

Declension

Declension of lava

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lave
genitive	lave	lava
dative	lavi	lavama
accusative	lavu	lave
vocative	lavo	lave
locative	lavi	lavama
instrumental	lavom	lavama

Spanish

Etymology

From Neapolitan lava (“lava”), from lavare (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/ [ˈla.β̞a]
Rhymes: -aba
Syllabification: la‧va

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

lava
washing

Verb

lava

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English larva.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

lava (n class, plural lava)

larva

Swedish

Noun

lava c

lava

Derived terms

lavalampa

Anagrams

Alva

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa. Cognates include Hawaiian lawa and Samoan lava.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/
Hyphenation: la‧va

Verb

lava

(stative) to be enough

Particle

lava

Expresses exclusiveness of the preceding word; just, only
Intensifies the preceding word; just (the same), right (now)
Forms a reflexive from the preceding personal pronoun; -self

References

R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181

Tsonga

Verb

lava

to want

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava.

Noun

lava

floor
platform

Inflection

Inflection of lava (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	lava
genitive sing.	lavan
partitive sing.	lavad
partitive plur.	lavoid
	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavad
accusative	lavan	lavad
genitive	lavan	lavoiden
partitive	lavad	lavoid
essive-instructive	lavan	lavoin
translative	lavaks	lavoikš

inessive	lavas	lavoiš
elative	lavaspäi	lavoišpäi
illative	lavaha	lavoihe

adessive	laval	lavoil
ablative	lavalpäi	lavoilpäi
allative	lavale	lavoile

abessive	lavata	lavoita
comitative	lavanke	lavoidenke
prolative	lavadme	lavoidme

approximative I	lavanno	lavoidenno
approximative II	lavannoks	lavoidennoks
egressive	lavannopäi	lavoidennopäi

terminative I	lavahasai	lavoihesai
terminative II	lavalesai	lavoilesai
terminative III	lavassai	—

additive I	lavahapäi	lavoihepäi
additive II	lavalepäi	lavoilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “площадка, пол, помост”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

lava

English

Etymology

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Noun

Usage notes

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Translations

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Estonian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Compounds

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Alternative forms

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

Noun

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