valo

See also: való and váló

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈvalo/
  • Hyphenation: va‧lo
  • Rhymes: -alo

Noun

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

  1. (geography) valley, vale

Finnish

(index va)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

valo

  1. light (visible electromagnetic radiation)

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

Derived terms

Compounds
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 2006-2012.
  • “valo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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

Noun

valo

  1. light (lux)

Karelian

Noun

valo

  1. light (lux)

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

Latin vallum

Pronunciation

Noun

valo m (plural valos)

  1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

Synonyms
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