valta
See also: välta
Asturian
Verb
valta
- inflection of valtar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *valta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“might, power, authority”) (compare Swedish våld, German Gewalt, Dutch geweld, Icelandic vald). Attested in the first New Testament in Finnish, Se Wsi Testamenti (1548) as walda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltɑ/, [ˈʋɑlt̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
- Syllabification(key): val‧ta
Noun
valta
- power, authority, rule
- veden vallassa = flooded, covered in water (literally: under the rule of water)
- (in compounds) main, principal
- valtakatu = main street
- valtaväylä = mainstream
- country, state, power
- Hän vakoili vieraan vallan hyväksi.
- He spied for a foreign power.
- Yhdysvallat = United States
- Itävalta (from German Österreich) = Austria
- Hän vakoili vieraan vallan hyväksi.
- (religion) virtue (rank of angel)
Declension
| Inflection of valta (Kotus type 9*I/kala, lt-ll gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valta | vallat | |
| genitive | vallan | valtojen | |
| partitive | valtaa | valtoja | |
| illative | valtaan | valtoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valta | vallat | |
| accusative | nom. | valta | vallat |
| gen. | vallan | ||
| genitive | vallan | valtojen valtainrare | |
| partitive | valtaa | valtoja | |
| inessive | vallassa | valloissa | |
| elative | vallasta | valloista | |
| illative | valtaan | valtoihin | |
| adessive | vallalla | valloilla | |
| ablative | vallalta | valloilta | |
| allative | vallalle | valloille | |
| essive | valtana | valtoina | |
| translative | vallaksi | valloiksi | |
| instructive | — | valloin | |
| abessive | vallatta | valloitta | |
| comitative | — | valtoineen | |
| Possessive forms of valta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | valtani | valtamme |
| 2nd person | valtasi | valtanne |
| 3rd person | valtansa | |
Derived terms
Compounds
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa, Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltɑ/
- Hyphenation: val‧ta
Declension
| Declension of valta (type 3/koira, lt-ll gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | valta | vallat |
| genitive | vallan | valtiin |
| partitive | valtaa | valtia |
| illative | valtaa | valtii |
| inessive | vallaas | valliis |
| elative | vallast | vallist |
| allative | vallalle | vallille |
| adessive | vallaal | valliil |
| ablative | vallalt | vallilt |
| translative | vallaks | valliks |
| essive | valtanna, valtaan | valtinna, valtiin |
| exessive1) | valtant | valtint |
| 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. | ||
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