valu
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
valu (not comparable)
- (advertising, marketing, branding) Alternative form of value: Pertaining to value for money, or being discounted.
Usage notes edit
Used in advertising material, brand naming, and marketing purposes; such as naming of discount store chains, discount brand product lines, discount sale events, like ValuMart, TruValu, Valu Saturdays.
Balaesang edit
Noun edit
valu
References edit
- Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 98
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *valo, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwalō. Compare Swedish kval (“agony”) and German Qual (“agony”). Possibly a derivation of valge.
Noun edit
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
Declension edit
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
- cast (casting procedure)
Declension edit
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Finnic *valo. Related to Finnish valo.
Noun edit
valu (genitive valu, partitive valu)
Declension edit
Declension of valu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | valu | valud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | valu | ||
genitive | valude | ||
partitive | valu | valusid | |
illative | vallu valusse |
valudesse | |
inessive | valus | valudes | |
elative | valust | valudest | |
allative | valule | valudele | |
adessive | valul | valudel | |
ablative | valult | valudelt | |
translative | valuks | valudeks | |
terminative | valuni | valudeni | |
essive | valuna | valudena | |
abessive | valuta | valudeta | |
comitative | valuga | valudega |
Synonyms edit
Fijian edit
Noun edit
valu
Verb edit
valu
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
valu
- cast (process of casting)
Declension edit
Inflection of valu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | valu | valut | ||
genitive | valun | valujen | ||
partitive | valua | valuja | ||
illative | valuun | valuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | valu | valut | ||
accusative | nom. | valu | valut | |
gen. | valun | |||
genitive | valun | valujen | ||
partitive | valua | valuja | ||
inessive | valussa | valuissa | ||
elative | valusta | valuista | ||
illative | valuun | valuihin | ||
adessive | valulla | valuilla | ||
ablative | valulta | valuilta | ||
allative | valulle | valuille | ||
essive | valuna | valuina | ||
translative | valuksi | valuiksi | ||
abessive | valutta | valuitta | ||
instructive | — | valuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “valu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
valu
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (CAN) (file)
Participle edit
valu (feminine value, masculine plural valus, feminine plural values)
- past participle of valoir
Niuean edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Numeral edit
valu
Pukapukan edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu Ordinal : valu | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Numeral edit
valu
Further reading edit
Samoan edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Numeral edit
valu
Swedish edit
Noun edit
valu c
Tokelauan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.
Verb edit
valu
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *waru. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Samoan valu.
Noun edit
valu
Verb edit
valu
- (transitive) to scratch
- (transitive, of coconuts) to grate
- (transitive, of breadfruit) to peel; to skin
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Tuvaluan valu.
Noun edit
valu
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 425
Tongan edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
valu
Tuvaluan edit
< 7 | 8 | 9 > |
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Cardinal : valu | ||
Numeral edit
valu
Derived terms edit
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *palu (“several, some”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
valu
- Pluralizes the following noun.
Further reading edit
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), pages 90 & 368