lava

See also: Lava, láva, lavá, lavâ, låvå, lava-, and ľavá

English

Etymology

From Neapolitan lava (“lava”), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, perhaps from lavare (“to wash”) (see etymology for the English verb lave).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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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.

   lava:  

Usage notes

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

Hyponyms

• cryolava

Derived terms

• lava flow

Related terms

• lava lamp
• lava millstone
• lava ware

Translations

molten rock

• Albanian: lavë (sq) f
• Arabic: حُمَم بُرْكَانِيَّة‎ pl (ḥumam burkāniyya), لَابَة‎ f (lāba)
• Armenian: լավա (hy) (lava)
• Azerbaijani: lava (az)
• Basque: laba
• Belarusian: ла́ва f (láva)
• Bengali: লাভা (labha)
• Bulgarian: ла́ва f (láva)
• Burmese: ချော် (my) (hkyau)
• Catalan: lava (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔岩 (zh) (róngyán)

• Czech: láva (cs) f
• Danish: lava (da) c
• Dutch: lava (nl) f
• Esperanto: lafo
• Estonian: laava
• Faroese: grótbræðing f
• Finnish: laava (fi)
• French: lave (fr) f
• Friulian: lave f
• Galician: lava (gl) f
• Georgian: ლავა (lava)
• German: Lava (de) f
• Greek: λάβα (el) f (láva)

  Ancient: ῥύαξ m (rhúax)

• Hawaiian: ʻaʻā
• Hebrew: לַבָּה‎ (he) f (láva)
• Hindi: लावा (hi) m (lāvā)
• Hungarian: láva (hu)
• Icelandic: hraun (is)
• Ido: lavao (io)
• Indonesian: lava (id), lahar (id)
• Irish: laibhe f
• Italian: lava (it) f
• Japanese: 溶岩 (ja) (ようがん, yōgan), ラヴァ (rava)
• Kazakh: лава (lava)
• Korean: 용암(熔岩) (ko) (yong'am)
• Kyrgyz: лава (lava)
• Lao: ຫີນລາວາ (lo) (hīn lā wā)
• Latin: lava (la) f (New Latin), rhyax m (New Latin)

• Latvian: lava f
• Lithuanian: lava f
• Low German: Lava
• Luxembourgish: Lava
• Macedonian: лава f (lava)
• Malay: lava (ms)
• Maori: rangitoto, tahepuia
• Navajo: tsézhin, chézhin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lava (no) m

  Nynorsk: lava m

• Persian: گدازه‎ (fa) (godâze)
• Punjabi: ਲਾਵਾ m (lāvā)
• Polish: lawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: lava (pt) f
• Romanian: lavă (ro) f
• Russian: ла́ва (ru) f (láva)
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ла́ва f

  Roman: láva (sh) f

• Sicilian: lava f
• Slovak: láva (sk) f
• Slovene: lava (sl) f
• Spanish: lava (es) f
• Swahili: lava
• Swedish: lava (sv) c
• Tagalog: laba
• Tahitian: please add this translation if you can
• Tajik: гудоза (gudoza), тафта (tafta)
• Tamil: லாவா (lāvā)
• Telugu: లావా (lāvā)
• Thai: หินหลอมเหลว (hǐn-lɔ̌ɔm-lěeo)
• Tongan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: lav (tr)
• Turkmen: lawa
• Ukrainian: ла́ва f (láva)
• Urdu: لاوا‎ m (lāvā)
• Uzbek: lava (uz)
• Vietnamese: dung nham (熔岩)
• Volapük: lavat (vo)
• Welsh: lafa m

magma — see magma

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• Maori: ^{(please verify)} rangitoto

See also

• aa
• pahoehoe

Anagrams

• Alva, Vaal, aval

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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Noun

lava (definite accusative lavanı, plural lavalar)

1. lava

Declension

Declension of lava
	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavalar
definite accusative	lavanı	lavaları
dative	lavaya	lavalara
locative	lavada	lavalarda
ablative	lavadan	lavalardan
definite genitive	lavanın	lavaların

Possessive forms of lava
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavam	lavalarım
sənin (“your”)	lavan	lavaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavası	lavaları
bizim (“our”)	lavamız	lavalarımız
sizin (“your”)	lavanız	lavalarınız
onların (“their”)	lavası or lavaları	lavaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamı	lavalarımı
sənin (“your”)	lavanı	lavalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasını	lavalarını
bizim (“our”)	lavamızı	lavalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	lavanızı	lavalarınızı
onların (“their”)	lavasını or lavalarını	lavalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavama	lavalarıma
sənin (“your”)	lavana	lavalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasına	lavalarına
bizim (“our”)	lavamıza	lavalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	lavanıza	lavalarınıza
onların (“their”)	lavasına or lavalarına	lavalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamda	lavalarımda
sənin (“your”)	lavanda	lavalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasında	lavalarında
bizim (“our”)	lavamızda	lavalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	lavanızda	lavalarınızda
onların (“their”)	lavasında or lavalarında	lavalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamdan	lavalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	lavandan	lavalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasından	lavalarından
bizim (“our”)	lavamızdan	lavalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	lavanızdan	lavalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	lavasından or lavalarından	lavalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	lavamın	lavalarımın
sənin (“your”)	lavanın	lavalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	lavasının	lavalarının
bizim (“our”)	lavamızın	lavalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	lavanızın	lavalarınızın
onların (“their”)	lavasının or lavalarının	lavalarının

References

• “lava” in Obastan.com.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈla.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

1. lava

Further reading

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

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian lava.

Noun

lava

1. lava

Declension

Declension of lava

nominative	lava
genitive	lavanıñ
dative	lavağa
accusative	lavanı
locative	lavada
ablative	lavadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

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

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavy
genitive	lavy	lav
dative	lavě	lavám
accusative	lavu	lavy
vocative	lavo	lavy
locative	lavě	lavách
instrumental	lavou	lavami

Related terms

• lavice
• lávka

Further reading

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

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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. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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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

Inflection of lava (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavad
accusative	lava	lavad
genitive	lava	lavade
partitive	lava	lavu lavasid
illative	lavva lavasse	lavadesse lavusse
inessive	lavas	lavades lavus
elative	lavast	lavadest lavust
allative	lavale	lavadele lavule
adessive	laval	lavadel lavul
ablative	lavalt	lavadelt lavult
translative	lavaks	lavadeks lavuks
terminative	lavani	lavadeni
essive	lavana	lavadena
abessive	lavata	lavadeta
comitative	lavaga	lavadega

Further reading

• lava in Sõnaveeb
• lava in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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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/, [ˈlɑʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
• Syllabification: 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

Inflection of lava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lava	lavat
genitive		lavan	lavojen
partitive		lavaa	lavoja
illative		lavaan	lavoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lava	lavat
accusative	nom.	lava	lavat
	gen.	lavan
genitive		lavan	lavojen lavainrare
partitive		lavaa	lavoja
inessive		lavassa	lavoissa
elative		lavasta	lavoista
illative		lavaan	lavoihin
adessive		lavalla	lavoilla
ablative		lavalta	lavoilta
allative		lavalle	lavoille
essive		lavana	lavoina
translative		lavaksi	lavoiksi
instructive		—	lavoin
abessive		lavatta	lavoitta
comitative		—	lavoineen

Possessive forms of lava (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lavani	lavamme
2nd person	lavasi	lavanne
3rd person	lavansa

Compounds

• avolava
• kuormalava
• lavakuorma-auto
• lavashow
• lavasäteily
• tanssilava

Anagrams

• vala

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

lava

1. third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

• aval

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Galician

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

1. lava

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lava

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

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

1. lava

Related terms

• lavico

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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.

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Portuguese

lava

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.vɐ/, [ˈla.vɐ]

• Hyphenation: la‧va
• Rhymes: -avɐ

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lavō (“I wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-

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. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lavar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lavar

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lavă

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

1. (geology) lava

Declension

Declension of lava

	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lave
genitive	lave	lava
dative	lavi	lavama
accusative	lavu	lave
vocative	lavo	lave
locative	lavi	lavama
instrumental	lavom	lavama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Neapolitan lava (“lava”), from lavare (“to wash”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/, [ˈla.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

1. lava
2. washing

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

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Swedish

Noun

lava c

1. lava

Derived terms

• lavalampa

Anagrams

• Alva

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Tokelauan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.va/
• 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^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181

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Tsonga

Verb

lava

1. to want

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish lava.

Noun

lava

1. floor
2. platform

Inflection

Inflection of lava
nominative sing.	lava
genitive sing.	lavan
partitive sing.	lavad
partitive plur.	lavoid
	singular	plural
nominative	lava	lavad
accusative	lavan	lavad
genitive	lavan	lavoiden
partitive	lavad	lavoid
essive-instructive	lavan	lavoin
translative	lavaks	lavoikš
inessive	lavas	lavoiš
elative	lavaspäi	lavoišpäi
illative	?	lavoihe
adessive	laval	lavoil
ablative	lavalpäi	lavoilpäi
allative	lavale	lavoile
abessive	lavata	lavoita
comitative	lavanke	lavoidenke
prolative	lavadme	lavoidme
approximative I	lavanno	lavoidenno
approximative II	lavannoks	lavoidennoks
egressive	lavannopäi	lavoidennopäi
terminative I	?	lavoihesai
terminative II	lavalesai	lavoilesai
terminative III	lavassai	—
additive I	?	lavoihepäi
additive II	lavalepäi	lavoilepäi

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