ава

ава

See also: -ава and Appendix:Variations of "aba"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Related to Erzya ава (ava).

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. mother
2. mother-in-law, husband's mother
3. (agriculture) female

   ава кияр

   ava kijar

   seed cucumber (lit. female cucumber)

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Erzya

Etymology

Related to Eastern Mari ава (ava).

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. woman
2. mother

   авам

   avam

   my mother

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Moksha

Etymology

According to Feoktistov, from a Turkic language.[1] Veršinin considers suggestions of borrowing completely baseless, he is convinced that the term is of child language origin (its original meaning being "mother"), according to him, the following are of a similar origin: Eastern Mari ава (ava), Western Mari ӓвӓ (ävä), c.f., dialectal Eastern Mari аппа! (appa!, “[an exclamation for a baby to smile]”), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (āppa, “mother [child language]”). Parallel developments in unrelated languages: Selkup ама (“mother”), Basque ama (“id.”), Nivkh ымык (əmək, “id.”), Koryak [script needed] (-aw'-) in [script needed] (ŋaw'gyjnik, “female [animal]”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑvɑ/

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. lady
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     дама — ава

     dama — ava

     lady [in Russian] — lady

2. (zoology) female
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     самка — ава

     samka — ava

     female [in Russian] — female

3. woman
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     женщина — ава

     ženščina — ava

     woman [in Russian] — woman

4. wife
   • Oahpa, University of Tromsø

     vaimo — ава

     vaimo — ava

     wife [in Finnish] — wife

5. mom
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     мама — ава/авай

     mama — ava/avaj

     mom [in Russian] — mom

Declension

Indefinite declension of ава

	singular	plural
nominative	ава (ava)	ават (avat)
genitive	авань (avanʹ)	—
dative	аванди (avandi)	—
ablative	авада (avada)	—
inessive	аваса (avasa)	—
elative	аваста (avasta)	—
illative	авас (avas)	—
prolative	авава (avava)	—
comparative	авашка (avaška)	—
translative	авакс (avaks)	—
abessive	авафтома (avaftoma)	—
causative	аванкса (avanksa)	—

Definite declension of ава

	singular	plural
nominative	авась (avasʹ)	аватне (avatne)
genitive	авать (avatʹ)	аватнень (avatnenʹ)
dative	авати (avati)	аватненди (avatnendi)

Possessive declension of ава

first person singular (монь (monʹ))
	one possession	multiple possessions
nominative	авазе (avaze)	аване (avane)
genitive	авазень (avazenʹ)	аванень (avanenʹ)
dative	авазенди (avazendi)	аваненди (avanendi)
ablative	авадон (avadon)
inessive	авасон (avason)
elative	авастон (avaston)
illative	авазон (avazon)
prolative	ававан (avavan)
comparative	авашкан (avaškan)
abessive	авафтомон (avaftomon)
second person singular (тонь (tonʹ))
	one possession	multiple possessions
nominative	аваце (avace)	аватне (avatne)
genitive	авацень (avacenʹ)	аватнень (avatnenʹ)
dative	аваценди (avacendi)	аватненди (avatnendi)
ablative	авадот (avadot)
inessive	авасот (avasot)
elative	авастот (avastot)
illative	авазот (avazot)
prolative	авават (avavat)
comparative	авашкат (avaškat)
abessive	авафтомот (avaftomot)
third person singular (сонь (sonʹ))
	one possession	multiple possessions
nominative	авац (avac)	аванза (avanza)
genitive	аванц (avanc)	аванзон (avanzon)
dative	аванцты (avancty)	аванзонды (avanzondy)
ablative	авадонза (avadonza)
inessive	авасонза (avasonza)
elative	авастонза (avastonza)
illative	авазонза (avazonza)
prolative	ававанза (avavanza)
comparative	авашканза (avaškanza)
abessive	авафтомонза (avaftomonza)
first person plural (минь (minʹ))
	one or multiple possessions
nominative	аваньке (avanʹke)
genitive	аваньконь (avanʹkonʹ)
dative	аваньконди (avanʹkondi)
ablative	авадонк (avadonk)
inessive	авасонк (avasonk)
elative	авастонк (avastonk)
illative	авазонк (avazonk)
prolative	ававанк (avavank)
comparative	авашканк (avaškank)
abessive	авафтомонк (avaftomonk)
second person plural (тинь (tinʹ))
	one or multiple possessions
nominative	аванте (avante)
genitive	авантень (avantenʹ)
dative	авантенди (avantendi)
ablative	авадонт (avadont)
inessive	авасонт (avasont)
elative	авастонт (avastont)
illative	авазонт (avazont)
prolative	ававант (avavant)
comparative	авашкант (avaškant)
abessive	авафтомонт (avaftomont)
third person plural (синь (sinʹ))
	one or multiple possessions
nominative	авасна (avasna)
genitive	аваснон (avasnon)
dative	аваснонды (avasnondy)
ablative	авадост (avadost)
inessive	авасост (avasost)
elative	авастост (avastost)
illative	авазост (avazost)
prolative	ававаст (avavast)
comparative	авашкаст (avaškast)
abessive	авафтомост (avaftomost)

Synonyms

• (mother): тядя (tjadja)

Derived terms

• авань (avanʹ)
• авафтома (avaftoma)
• мокшава (mokšava)
• рузава (ruzava)

References

1. A. P. Feoktistov (1993), Jazyki mira: Uralʹskije jazyki (MOKŠANSKIJ JaZYK) [Languages of the world: Uralic languages (Moksha language)], Moscow, pages 178—189
2. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 5

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Russian

Etymology

Clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈavə]

Noun

а́ва • (áva) f inan (genitive а́вы, nominative plural а́вы, genitive plural ав)

1. (slang) avatar

Declension

Declension of а́ва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́ва áva	а́вы ávy
genitive	а́вы ávy	а́в áv
dative	а́ве áve	а́вам ávam
accusative	а́ву ávu	а́вы ávy
instrumental	а́вой, а́вою ávoj, ávoju	а́вами ávami
prepositional	а́ве áve	а́вах ávax