valka
Latvian
Noun
valka m
- genitive singular of valks
Lithuanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walka n, *walkāˀ f, cognate with Lithuanian valks (“creek”), probably Proto-Slavic *obolkъ (“cloud”). Possibly further akin to various hydronyms in Central Europe such as r. Ulca (of Pannonian or Illyrian provenance).
Noun
valkà f stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | valkà | vãlkos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | valkõs | valkų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | vãlkai | valkóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | vãlką | valkàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | valkà | valkomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | valkojè | valkosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | vãlka | vãlkos |
References
- “valka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “valka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish valka, from Old Norse valka, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with English walk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²valka/
- Rhymes: -alka
Verb
valka (present valkar, preterite valkade, supine valkat, imperative valka)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | valka | valkas | ||
| supine | valkat | valkats | ||
| imperative | valka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | valken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | valkar | valkade | valkas | valkades |
| ind. plural1 | valka | valkade | valkas | valkades |
| subjunctive2 | valke | valkade | valkes | valkades |
| present participle | valkande | |||
| past participle | valkad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- valka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- valka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- valka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Votic
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from valkaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *valkëda.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
- (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
- Hyphenation: val‧ka
Adjective
valka
Noun
valka
Inflection
| Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | valka | valkad |
| genitive | valka | valkajõ, valkai |
| partitive | valkatõ | valkaitõ, valkai |
| illative | valkasõ, valka | valkaisõ |
| inessive | valkaz | valkaiz |
| elative | valkassõ | valkaissõ |
| allative | valkalõ | valkailõ |
| adessive | valkallõ | valkaillõ |
| ablative | valkaltõ | valkailtõ |
| translative | valkassi | valkaissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “valkõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn