valka

See also: Valka, válka, and valkā

Latvian

Noun

valka m

  1. genitive singular form of valks

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)

  1. to full cloth

Conjugation
Conjugation of valka (weak)
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
Participles
Present participle valkande
Past participle valkad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valkeda.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
  • Hyphenation: val‧ka

Adjective

valka

  1. white

Inflection
Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valka valkad
genitive valka valkõje, valkõjõ, valkai
partitive valkatõ valkaitõ, valkai
illative valka, valkaasõ valkõje, valkõjõ, 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 or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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