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-ava
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Appendix:Variations of "ava"
Italian
Etymology
it :inh la:-ābat
it la -ābat.
Pronunciation
-àva
Suffix
verb
used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular it -are verbs
Latvian
Etymology
lv
Suffix
Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives.
Synonyms
lv -uve
Derived terms
lv
Old Czech
Etymology
zlw-ocs
Pronunciation
Suffix
zlw-ocs suffix f
forms feminine nouns
zlw-ocs lakati lakava
zlw-ocs křikati křikava
zlw-ocs nadati nadava
zlw-ocs naplaviti náplava
zlw-ocs ohaviti ohava
Derived terms
zlw-ocs
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
roa-opt :inh<conj:and> la:-ābam la:-ābat + 1
Suffix
roa-opt suffix 1st conj.
a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in roa-opt -ar
roa-opt amar to love amava [I] used to love
roa-opt cantar to sing cantava [I] used to sing
a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in roa-opt -ar
roa-opt amar to love amava [he/she/it] used to love
roa-opt cantar to sing cantava [he/she/it] used to sing
Descendants
gl -aba
pt -ava
Portuguese
Etymology
pt roa-opt -ava, from pt la -ābam and pt la -ābat. Compare gl,es -aba.
Pronunciation
pt avɐ 2
Suffix
verb
a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in pt -ar
pt amar to love amava [I] used to love
pt cantar to sing cantava [I] used to sing
a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in pt -ar
pt amar to love amava [he/she/it] used to love
pt cantar to sing cantava [he/she/it] used to sing
See also
pt -ia
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh
Suffix
Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto.
See also
sh -njava
Spanish
Suffix
es suffix form
es -avo