вала

See also: вяля, валя, Валя, вяла, and Appendix:Variations of "vala"

Kerek

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *wala (“knife”). Cognate to Chukchi валы (walə), Alutor в'ала (wala), Koryak вала (wala), and Itelmen фаԓч (ɸaɬč).

Noun

вала (wala)

1. knife

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaɫə]

Noun

ва́ла • (vála) m inan

1. genitive singular of вал (val)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ва̀ла̄х
• ва̀ла̄ј

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish والله (vallâhi), from Arabic وَاللّٰه (wa-llāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǎlaː/
• Hyphenation: ва‧ла

Adverb

ва̀ла̄ (Latin spelling vàlā)

1. truthfully, honestly

Interjection

ва̀ла̄ (Latin spelling vàlā)

1. by God!, begad, egad, by golly