ава

See also: авӑ and Appendix:Variations of "ava"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Related to Erzya, Moksha, and Tuvan ава (ava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈvɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: ава

Noun

ава • (ava)

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

   ава кияр

   ava kijar

   seed cucumber (literally, “female cucumber”)

4. (mythology) spirit, ghost
5. (computing) parent

Declension

Declension of ава
	singular	plural
nominative	ава (ava)	ава-влак (ava-vlak)
accusative	авам (avam)	ава-влакым (ava-vlakym)
genitive	аван (avan)	ава-влакын (ava-vlakyn)
dative	авалан (avalan)	ава-влаклан (ava-vlaklan)
comitative	аваге (avage)	ава-влакге (ava-vlakge)
comparative	авала (avala)	ава-влакла (ava-vlakla)
inessive	аваште (avašte)	ава-влакыште (ava-vlakyšte)
illative (short)	аваш (avaš)	ава-влакыш (ava-vlakyš)
illative (long)	авашке (avaške)	ава-влакышке (ava-vlakyške)
lative	аваш (avaš)	ава-влакеш (ava-vlakeš)

Possessed forms of ава
	singular	plural
1st person	авам (avam)	авана (avana)
2nd person	ават (avat)	авада (avada)
3rd person	аваже (avaže)	авашт (avašt)

Derived terms

nouns

• ававун (avavun)
• авагашта (avagašta)
• аварок (avarok)

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ава”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ava. See Moksha ава (ava) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑvɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: а‧ва

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. woman

   Synonym: (young) тейтерява (tejteŕava)

   велень ава ― veleń ava ― a country woman

2. mother

   Авам лезды тень кудонь тевтнесэ.

   Avam lezdï teń kudoń tevtnesë.

   My mother helps me with housework.

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:

     I sovamsto kudos neize eikakšośt sońze avanzo Marijań marto.

     On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary.

Declension

Indefinite declension of ава (back-vowel stem (ума) type)

case	singular	plural
nominative (...)	ава (ava)	ават (avat)
genitive (of ...)	авань (avań)	—
dative (to ...)	аванень (avaneń)	—
ablative (than ...)	авадо (avado)	—
inessive (in ...)	авасо (avaso)	—
elative (out of ...)	авасто (avasto)	—
illative (into ...)	авас (avas)	—
prolative (through ...)	авава (avava)	—
translative (becoming ...)	авакс (avaks)	—
comparative (like ...)	авашка (avaška)	—
abessive (without ...)	ававтомо (avavtomo)	—

Derived terms

• adverbs: авакс (avaks)
• nouns: ававт (avavt), авне (avne), авине (avine), авака (avaka), ававтомо (avavtomo), авакай (avakaj), аваксчи (avaksči), авакш (avakš)

Compounds

• nouns: азорава (azorava), аварозь (avaroź), инязорава (ińazorava), аваловсо (avalovso)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ава”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هوا (hava), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈava]
• Rhymes: -ava

Noun

ава • (ava) f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) air

   Synonym: воздух (vozduh)

2. (colloquial) climate, atmospheric condition

   Synonyms: поднебје (podnebje), клима (klima)

Declension

Declension of ава

	singular
indefinite	ава (ava)
definite unspecified	авата (avata)
definite proximal	авава (avava)
definite distal	авана (avana)
vocative	аво (avo)

References

• “ава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016) “ава”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14