vá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"

Galician

Verb

vá

1. (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, no plural)

1. (literary) danger

Declension

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vá	váin
accusative	vá	vána
dative	vá	vánni
genitive	vár, váar	várinnar, váarinnar

Declension of vá (sg-only feminine)

Derived terms

• náttúruvá

Related terms

• vá-
• vei
• veina
• vé
• vo
• voði
• voli
• vola
• vondur
• væ
• væla

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English wow.

Interjection

vá

1. wow!

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Verb

vá

1. 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/

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

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

Verb

vá

1. 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˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaː˦˥] ~ [jaː˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-paːʔ (“to sew, to mend”), from Old Chinese 補 (OC *[Cə]-pˤaʔ) (B-S) (SV: bổ). Cognate with Muong pả.

Attested as ꞗĕá, ꞗá in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Verb

vá • (播, 𦀪)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chắp vá
• may vá
• vá víu

 

Noun

(classifier mảnh, miếng) vá

1. patch

Etymology 2

Compare Khmer វែក (vɛɛk).

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam) cái dá (múc canh)

Noun

(classifier cái) vá

1. (soup) ladle