balva

Latvian

Etymology

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Noun

balva f (4th declension)

1. prize, award

   Synonyms: godalga, prēmija

   Pulicera balva ― Pulitzer Prize

Declension

Declension of balva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	balva	balvas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	balvu	balvas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	balvas	balvu
dative (datīvs)	balvai	balvām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	balvu	balvām
locative (lokatīvs)	balvā	balvās
vocative (vokatīvs)	balva	balvas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëlvë, from Proto-Uralic *pilwe.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːva/

Noun

balva

1. cloud

Inflection

Even a-stem, lv-lvv gradation
Nominative	balva
Genitive	balvva
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balva	balvvat
Accusative	balvva	balvvaid
Genitive	balvva	balvvaid
Illative	balvii	balvvaide
Locative	balvvas	balvvain
Comitative	balvvain	balvvaiguin
Essive	balvan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person balvan balvame balvamet 2nd person balvat balvade balvadet 3rd person balvas balvaska balvaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland