ава

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Related to Erzya, Moksha, and Tuvan ава (ava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈβɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: а‧ва

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. mother
2. mother-in-law, husband's mother
3. (agriculture) female

   ава кияр

   ava kijar

   seed cucumber (lit. female cucumber)

4. (mythology) spirit, ghost
5. (computing) parent

Declension

Derived terms

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ава”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ava. See Moksha ава (ava) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑvɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: а‧ва

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. woman

   Synonym: (young) тейтерява (ťejťeŕava)

   велень ава ― veľeń ava ― a country woman

2. mother

   Авам лезды тень кудонь тевтнесэ.

   Avam ľezdi ťeń kudoń ťevtńese.

   My mother helps me with housework.

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:

     I sovamsto kudos neize eikakšośt sońze avanzo Marijań marto.

     On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary.

Declension

Derived terms

• adverbs: авакс (avaks)
• nouns: ававт (avavt), авне (avńe), авине (avińe), авака (avaka), ававтомо (avavtomo), авакай (avakaj), аваксчи (avaksči), авакш (avakš)

Compounds

• nouns: азорава (azorava), аварозь (avaroź), инязорава (ińazorava), аваловсо (avalovso)

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ава”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هوا (hava), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ava

Noun

ава • (ava) f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) air

   Synonym: воздух (vozduh)

2. (colloquial) climate, atmospheric condition

   Synonyms: поднебје (podnebje), клима (klima)

Declension

References

• “ава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016) “ава”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14

Moksha

Etymology

According to Feoktistov, from a Turkic language. Veršinin considers suggestions of borrowing completely baseless, he is convinced that the term is of child language origin (its original meaning being "mother"), according to him, the following are of a similar origin: Eastern Mari ава (ava), Western Mari ӓвӓ (ävä), cf. dialectal Eastern Mari аппа! (appa!, “”), Tundra Nenets (āppa, “mother ”). Parallel developments in unrelated languages: Northern Selkup ама (ama, “mother”), Basque ama (“id.”), Nivkh ымык (əmək, “id.”), Koryak (-aw'-) in (ŋaw'gyjnik, “female ”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑvɑ/

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Noun

ава • (ava)

1. lady
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN

     дама — ава

     dama — ava

     lady — lady

2. (zoology) female
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN

     самка — ава

     samka — ava

     female — female

3. woman
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN

     женщина — ава

     ženščina — ava

     woman — woman

4. wife
   • Oahpa, University of Tromsø

     vaimo — ава

     vaimo — ava

     wife — wife

5. mom
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN

     мама — ава/авай

     mama — ava /avaj

     mom — mom

Declension

Synonyms

• (mother): тядя (ťaďa)

Derived terms

• авань (avań)
• авафтома (avaftoma)
• мокшава (mokšava)
• рузава (ruzava)

References

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Cognate to dialectal Turkish aba (“mother, elder sister”).

Noun

ава • (ava)

1. father

References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ава”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Russian

Etymology

Clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

а́ва • (áva) f inan (genitive а́вы, nominative plural а́вы, genitive plural ав, diminutive а́вка)

1. (Internet slang) avatar, profile pic, user pic

   Synonyms: авата́р (avatár), авата́рка (avatárka), юзерпи́к (juzerpík)

Declension

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Cognate to dialectal Turkish aba (“mother, elder sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβa/

Noun

ава • (ava) (definite accusative аваны, plural авалар)

1. mother

Declension