vá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"

Galician

Verb

vá

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

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)

(literary) danger

Declension

declension of vá

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

Derived terms

náttúruvá

Related terms

Etymology 2

From English wow.

Interjection

vá

wow!

References

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

Old Norse

Verb

vá

first/third-person singular past active indicative of vega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vādam and Latin vādat.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba/

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

Verb

vá

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

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)

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

Derived terms

chắp vá
may vá
vá víu

Noun

(classifier mảnh, miếng) vá

patch

Etymology 2

Compare Khmer វែក (vɛɛk).

Noun

(classifier cái) vá

(soup) ladle

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