vá

• IPA^(key): /vauː/
• Rhymes: -auː

From Old Norse vá (whence also vo), from Proto-Germanic *waiwō and *wanhō.

vá f (genitive singular vár or váar)

1. (literary) danger

• vá-
• vei
• veina
• vé
• vo
• voði
• voli
• vola
• vondur
• væ
• væla

From English wow.

vá

1. wow!

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

• IPA^(key): /ˈva/

vá

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ir
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of ir
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ir
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you have a doubt, go to the library.

4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ir

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaː˦˥] ~ [jaː˦˥]

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗá, from Proto-Vietic *k-paːʔ (“to sew, to mend”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 補 (SV: bổ); cognate with Muong pả.

vá (播, 𦀪)

1. to sew, to mend (to repair a tear in clothing)

(classifier mảnh, miếng) vá

1. patch

(classifier cái) vá

1. (soup) ladle