vá

vá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"‎

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vá (whence also vo), from Proto-Germanic *waiwō and *wanhō.

Noun

vá f (genitive singular vár or váar)

1. (literary) danger

Declension

declension of vá

f-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vá	váin
accusative	vá	vána
dative	vá	vánni
genitive	vár / váar	várinnar / váarinnar

Derived terms

• náttúruvá

Related terms

• vá-
• vei
• veina
• vé
• vo
• voði
• voli
• vola
• vondur
• væ
• væla

Etymology 2

From English wow.

Interjection

vá

1. wow!

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Old Norse

Verb

vá

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of vega

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vādit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈβa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: vá

Verb

vá

1. inflection of ir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaː˦˥] ~ [jaː˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗĕá, ꞗá, from Proto-Vietic *k-paːʔ (“to sew, to mend”), from Old Chinese 補 (OC *[Cə]-pˤaʔ) (B-S) (SV: bổ). Cognate with Muong pả.

Verb

vá • (播, 𦀪)

1. to sew, to mend (to repair a tear in clothing)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chắp vá
• may vá
• vá víu

 

Noun

(classifier mảnh, miếng) vá

1. patch

Etymology 2

Compare Khmer វែក (vɛɛk).

Noun

(classifier cái) vá

1. (soup) ladle