valanda

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Generally connected to vėlùs (“late”) and/or vélti (“to tangle”),^[1]^[2] via their possible shared root Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to roll, tumble”), interpreting time as a "rolling cycle".^[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

valandà f (plural vãlandos) stress pattern 3

hour (unit of time)

Declension

Declension of valandà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	valandà	vãlandos
genitive (kilmininkas)	valandõs	valandų̃
dative (naudininkas)	vãlandai	valandóms
accusative (galininkas)	vãlandą	vãlandas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	vãlanda	valandomìs
locative (vietininkas)	valandojè	valandosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	vãlanda	vãlandos

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “valandà”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 715
^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “valandà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 1187-8
^ “valanda”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “valandà”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 715

[2] Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “valandà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 1187-8

[3] “valanda”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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