вала
See also: вяля, валя, and вяла
Kerek
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *wala (“knife”). Cognate to Chukchi валы (walə), Alutor вала (wala), Koryak вала (wala), and Itelmen фаԓч (ɸaɬč).
Noun
вала (wala)
- knife
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvalə]
Noun
ва́ла • (vála) m inan
- genitive singular of вал (val)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- ва̀ла̄х
- ва̀ла̄ј
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish والله (vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللّٰه (wa-llāh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋǎlaː/
- Hyphenation: ва‧ла
Adverb
ва̀ла̄ (Latin spelling vàlā)
- truthfully, honestly
Interjection
ва̀ла̄ (Latin spelling vàlā)
- by God!, begad, egad, by golly