ава

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈvɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: ава

ава • (ava)

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

   ава кияр

   ava kijar

   seed cucumber (literally, “female cucumber”)

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

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

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

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

ава • (ava)

1. woman

   Synonym: (young) тейтерява (tejteŕava)

   велень ава ― veleń ava ― a country woman

2. mother

   Авам лезды тень кудонь тевтнесэ.

   Avam lezdï teń kudoń tevtnesë.

   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.

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

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

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

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

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ava

ава • (ava) f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) air

   Synonym: воздух (vozduh)

2. (colloquial) climate, atmospheric condition

   Synonyms: поднебје (podnebje), клима (klima)

• “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 ‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14

According to Feoktistov, from a Turkic language; compare Proto-Turkic *apa, whence Turkish aba, Tatar апа (apa), Tuvan ава (ava). 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 ”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑvɑ/

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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

• (mother): тядя (tädä)

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

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

ава • (ava)

1. father

• ада (ada)

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

Clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”).

• IPA^(key):
• IPA^(key): (rare)

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

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈβa/

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

1. mother

From English avatar, in turn derived from Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”).

• IPA^(key):

а́ва • (áva) f inan (genitive а́ви, nominative plural а́ви, genitive plural ав)

1. (Internet slang) clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”), especially an Internet user's icon