valka

valka m

1. genitive singular of valks

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walka n, *walkāˀ f, cognate with Lithuanian valks (“creek”), probably Proto-Slavic *obolkъ (“cloud”). Possibly further akin to various hydronyms in Central Europe such as r. Ulca (of Pannonian or Illyrian provenance).

valkà f stress pattern 4

1. damp, wet place
2. small lake, pool, bog
3. draught (current of cool and fresh air)

• “valka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “valka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487

From Old Swedish valka, from Old Norse valka, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about; full (cloth)”). Cognate with English walk.

• IPA^(key): /²valka/
• Rhymes: -alka

valka (present valkar, preterite valkade, supine valkat, imperative valka)

1. to full cloth, to waulk

• valkning

• valka in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• kalva

From Proto-Finnic *valkëda.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑlkɑː/, [ˈvɑɫkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
• Hyphenation: val‧ka

valka

1. white

Declension of valka (type VI/valka, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	valka	valkad
genitive	valka	valkajõ, valkai
partitive	valkatõ	valkaitõ, valkai
illative	valkasõ, valka	valkaisõ
inessive	valkaz	valkaiz
elative	valkassõ	valkaissõ
allative	valkalõ	valkailõ
adessive	valkallõ	valkaillõ
ablative	valkaltõ	valkailtõ
translative	valkassi	valkaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn