lava

English

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lava

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Italian, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”). A supposed relation with lavare (“to wash”) is now widely discredited. Neither is there probably any relation with Arabic لابة (lāba, “black volcanic rock”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: läʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːvə/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈlævə/
• Homophone: larva (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)

1. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
2. (informal, proscribed) Magma.
3. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

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Usage notes

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

Hyponyms

• cryolava, pillow lava

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• aa
• lavalava
• pahoehoe

Anagrams

• Alva, Vaal, aval

Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ^az

Pronunciation

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Noun

lava (definite accusative lavanı, plural lavalar)

1. lava

Declension

References

• “lava” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

1. lava

Further reading

• “lava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian lava.

Noun

lava

1. lava

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

lava f

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of lavice (“bench”)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• lava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava c (uncountable)

1. lava

References

• “lava” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑvɑ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑvɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava (genitive lava, partitive lava)

1. stage

Declension

Further reading

• lava in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “lava”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava (compare Estonian lava, Livonian lovā, Veps lava), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ (compare Latvian lāva, Lithuanian lova).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧va

Noun

lava

1. platform; podium (a flat, raised surface)

   Synonyms: koroke, (rare) estradi

2. bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
3. stage (in a theatre, a concert hall or such)

   Synonyms: estradi, näyttämö

4. Clipping of tanssilava.
5. plant bed, raised bed (raised, framed platform for planting)

   Synonym: kasvilava

6. pallet (transport pallet, also as a unit)

   Synonym: kuormalava

7. (colloquial) case (pack of usually 24 cans of beer or other drink)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lava”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• vala

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

lava

1. third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

• aval

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava

Further reading

• “lava” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology 2

Verb

lava

1. inflection of lavar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch lava, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/
• Rhymes: -va, -a
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava (plural lava-lava, first-person possessive lavaku, second-person possessive lavamu, third-person possessive lavanya)

1. (geology) lava: the molten rock ejected by a volcano (hence on the surface) from its crater or fissured sides.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lava” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: là‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

1. lava

Related terms

• lavico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

1. inflection of lavare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava or Italian lava.

Noun

lava f (genitive lavae); first declension

1. (New Latin) lava

   Synonym: rhyax

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lavā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lavō

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

1. (geology) lava

Derived terms

• lavastrøm

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• lavene

Noun

lava m or n

1. definite neuter plural of lav

References

• “lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

1. (geology) lava

Etymology 2

Noun

lava n

1. definite plural of lav

References

• “lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”).

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava (melted rock)

Related terms

• magma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

1. inflection of lavar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

lava f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lavă

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

1. (geology) lava

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: la‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Neapolitan lava (“lava”) Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”).

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

1. lava

Etymology 2

Deverbal from lavar.

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

1. washing

Etymology 3

Verb

lava

1. inflection of lavar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

lava

Wikipedia ^sw

Borrowed from English larva.

Noun

lava (n class, plural lava)

1. larva

   Synonym: bombwe

Etymology 2

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Lava (volkeno)

Wikipedia ^sw

Borrowed from English lava.

Noun

lava (n class, plural lava)

1. lava

   Synonym: zaha

Swedish

Noun

lava c

1. lava

Derived terms

• lavalampa

Anagrams

• Alva

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa. Cognates include Hawaiian lawa and Samoan lava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Verb

lava

1. (stative) to be enough

Particle

lava

1. Expresses exclusiveness of the preceding word; just, only
2. Intensifies the preceding word; just (the same), right (now)
3. Forms a reflexive from the preceding personal pronoun; -self

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181

Tsonga

Verb

lava

1. to want

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava.

Noun

lava

1. floor
2. platform

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “площадка, пол, помост”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika