valu

valu

1. water

• Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Compare Swedish kval (“agony”) and German Qual (“agony”). Possibly a derivation of valge.

valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)

1. pain

From valama +‎ -u.

valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)

1. cast (casting procedure)

From Proto-Finnic *valo. Related to Finnish valo.

valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)

1. (poetic) lightness, light

• valgus

valu

1. war
2. warfare
3. warriors

valu

1. to make war, to be at war

valaa +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlu/, [ˈʋɑlu]
• Rhymes: -ɑlu
• Syllabification^(key): va‧lu

valu

1. cast (process of casting)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑluˣ/, [ˈʋɑlu(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlu
• Syllabification^(key): va‧lu

valu

1. present active indicative connegative of valua
2. second-person singular present imperative of valua
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of valua

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valu (feminine value, masculine plural valus, feminine plural values)

1. past participle of valoir

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

valu

1. eight

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

valu

1. eight
2. eighth

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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

valu

1. eight

valu c

1. Abbreviation of vallokalsundersökning.

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.lu/
• Hyphenation: va‧lu

From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.

valu

1. (stative) to be eight

From Proto-Polynesian *waru. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.

valu

1. Any object used for scraping, skatching or peeling.

valu

1. (transitive) to scratch
2. (transitive, of coconuts) to grate
3. (transitive, of breadfruit) to peel; to skin

Te valu (3.1).

From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Tuvaluan valu.

valu

1. dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 425

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

• IPA^(key): /va.lu/

valu

1. eight

valu

1. eight

• Tuuvalu (“Tuvalu, literally "eight standing together"”)

From Proto-Oceanic *palu (“several, some”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

• IPA^(key): /βalu/

valu

1. Pluralizes the following noun.

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), pages 90 & 368