Vala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vala"

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Vala

1. An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code.

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvala]

Proper noun

Vala m anim (female equivalent Valová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Vala (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vala	Valové
genitive	Valy	Valů
dative	Valovi	Valům
accusative	Valu	Valy
vocative	Valo	Valové
locative	Valovi	Valech
instrumental	Valou	Valy

Further reading

• “Vala”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.la/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.la/, [ˈväːlä]

Proper noun

Vala m sg (genitive Valae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gaius Numonius Vala, an acquaintance of Horace

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vala
genitive	Valae
dative	Valae
accusative	Valam
ablative	Valā
vocative	Vala

References

• “Vala, Numonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray