valo

See also: való, válo, and váló

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vallis, English vale/valley, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈvalo]
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo (accusative singular valon, plural valoj, accusative plural valojn)

  1. (geography) valley, vale

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waĺɜ. Cognates include dialectal Finnish valu (light), Estonian valu (light (poetic)), Erzya валдо (valdo, light), Komi-Permyak волявны (volʹavny, shine) and Hungarian világ (light). Compare also Finnish valkea (white, fire, bright), Estonian valgus (light), from *walke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑlo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlo
  • Syllabification(key): va‧lo

Noun

valo

  1. light (visible electromagnetic radiation)
  2. a light source, a lamp; a signal light

Declension

Inflection of valo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valojen
partitive valoa valoja
illative valoon valoihin
singular plural
nominative valo valot
accusative nom. valo valot
gen. valon
genitive valon valojen
partitive valoa valoja
inessive valossa valoissa
elative valosta valoista
illative valoon valoihin
adessive valolla valoilla
ablative valolta valoilta
allative valolle valoille
essive valona valoina
translative valoksi valoiksi
instructive valoin
abessive valotta valoitta
comitative valoineen
Possessive forms of valo (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person valoni valomme
2nd person valosi valonne
3rd person valonsa

Derived terms

Compounds


Galician

Valos delimiting and protecting the fields, Muxía, Galicia

Etymology

From Latin vallum (wall).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo̝/

Noun

valo m (plural valos)

  1. wall, rampart or fence which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter
    Synonyms: cerca, cerrado, muro, valado

Derived terms

References

  • valo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • valo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • valo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • valo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • valo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto valo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.lo/

Noun

valo (plural vali)

  1. (geography) valley, vale

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *valo. Cognates include Finnish valo and Estonian valu.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑɫo̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑɫo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlo
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo

  1. light (visible radiation)
Declension
Declension of valo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valloin, valoloin
partitive valloa valoja, valoloja
illative valloo valloi, valoloihe
inessive valos valois, valolois
elative valost valoist, valoloist
allative valolle valoille, valoloille
adessive valol valoil, valoloil
ablative valolt valoilt, valoloilt
translative valoks valoiks, valoloiks
essive valonna, valloon valoinna, valoloinna, valloin, valoloin
exessive1) valont valoint, valoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Etymology 2

Related to Votic valo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑɫo̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/, [ˈʋɑɫo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlo
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo

  1. dung, manure
Declension
Declension of valo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valloin, valoloin
partitive valloa valoja, valoloja
illative valloo valloi, valoloihe
inessive valos valois, valolois
elative valost valoist, valoloist
allative valolle valoille, valoloille
adessive valol valoil, valoloil
ablative valolt valoilt, valoloilt
translative valoks valoiks, valoloiks
essive valonna, valloon valoinna, valoloinna, valloin, valoloin
exessive1) valont valoint, valoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Synonyms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 82
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 637

Karelian

Regional variants of valo
North Karelian
(Viena)
valo
South Karelian
(Tver)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *valo. Cognates include Finnish valo and Estonian valu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlo/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo (genitive valon, partitive valuo)

  1. (North Karelian) light

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of valo (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valo valot
genitive valon valojen
partitive valuo valoja
illative valoh valoloih
inessive valošša valoloissa
elative valošta valoloista
adessive valolla valoloilla
ablative valolta valoloilta
translative valokši valoloiksi
essive valona valoloina
comitative valoloineh
comitative valotta valoloitta
Possessive forms of valo
1st person valoni
2nd person valoš
3rd person valoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “свет”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Malagasy

Malagasy cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : valo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

valo

  1. eight

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vallum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.lu/

  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Noun

valo m (plural valos)

  1. entrenchment, ditch (a fortification constructed of trenches)

Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑlo/, [ˈvɑɫo]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlo
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

valo

  1. manure, dung
Inflection
Declension of valo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valo valod
genitive valo valoje, valojõ, valoi
partitive valloa valoitõ, valoi
illative vallo, vallosõ valoje, valojõ, valoisõ
inessive valoz valoiz
elative valossõ valoissõ
allative valolõ valoilõ
adessive valollõ valoillõ
ablative valoltõ valoiltõ
translative valossi valoissi
*) 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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *valo.

Noun

valo

  1. light
Inflection
Declension of valo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative valo valod
genitive valo valoje, valojõ, valoi
partitive valloa valoitõ, valoi
illative vallo, vallosõ valoje, valojõ, valoisõ
inessive valoz valoiz
elative valossõ valoissõ
allative valolõ valoilõ
adessive valollõ valoillõ
ablative valoltõ valoiltõ
translative valossi valoissi
*) 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), valo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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