-va

From Proto-Finnic *-pa, from Proto-Uralic *-pa. The Finnish form descends from the weak-grade variant *-ba, which was eventually extended by analogy to all verbs. The original strong grade remains as -pa in a few words (e.g. syöpä, käypä, kaikkivoipa), but these have lost their verbal meaning.

-va (front vowel harmony variant -vä)

1. Forms the present active participle of a verb, which is normally used like an adjective. The English equivalent is normally -ing, but sometimes also -ish.

   kirjoittaa (“to write”) → kirjoittava tyttö = a writing girl

   punertaa (“to redden”) → punertava taivas = reddish sky

See Category:Finnish present active participles.

From Proto-Finnic *-va, from Proto-Uralic *-ŋa.

-va (front vowel harmony variant -vä)

1. Forms an adjective from a noun.

   liha (“flesh, meat”) → lihava (“fat”)

   käsi (“hand”) → kätevä (“handy”)

   tila (“space”) → tilava (“spacious”)

   terä (“cutting edge”) → terävä (“sharp”)

   rinta (“breast”) → rintava (“buxom”)

• IPA^(key): [vɒ]

-va

1. (adverbial participle suffix) Added to a verb to form an adverbial participle. Its nearest English equivalent is the -ing form functioning as a participle (rather than a noun).

   úszik (“to swim”) → Úszva jött ide. - He came here swimming.

• (adverbial participle suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -va is added to back vowel verbs

  -ve is added to front vowel verbs

• Category:Hungarian adverbial participles

• -ván/-vén
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wa/

-va

1. nominative feminine singular of -vus
2. nominative neuter plural of -vus
3. accusative neuter plural of -vus
4. vocative feminine singular of -vus
5. vocative neuter plural of -vus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /waː/

-vā

1. ablative feminine singular of -vus

-va

1. masculine and neuter vocative singular of -vant

Probably from va, the popular (folk) variant of the third-person singular indicative form of the verb vrea (“to want”) (cf. also its usage as an auxiliary verb, or in conjugated forms of (a) voi).

• IPA^(key): /va/

-va

1. suffixed to question words, meaning "some"

   cine "who" + va "some" → cineva "someone"

   unde "where" + va "some" → undeva "somewhere"

   când "when" + va "some" → cândva "sometime"

   cum "how" + va "some" → cumva "somehow"