alva

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlvɒ]

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• Hyphenation: al‧va

alva

1. adverbial participle of alszik

   alva - while asleep

   A lajhárok idejük legnagyobb részét alva töltik. - Sloths spend most of their time sleeping.

• alvajárás
• alvajáró

From Proto-Baltic *alu-ā-, *alwā-, from a derived form *al-əu-, *al-u- of Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to shine, to light”). Cognates include Lithuanian álvas, ãlavas, Old Prussian alwis (“lead”), Old Church Slavonic олово (olovo, “lead”), Russian and Ukrainian олово (olovo, “tin”), Bulgarian олово (olovo, “lead”), Czech olovo (“lead”), Polish ołów (“lead”), and, from a different derived form of *al-, Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “white rash”), Latin albus (“dull white”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ālva]

alva f (4th declension)

1. tin (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 50)

   alvas rūda ― tin ore

   alvas sakausējumi ― tin alloys

   alvas karote ― tin spoon

   pārklāt ar alvu ― cover with tin

   kausēt alvu ― to melt tin

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalːva/

alva

1. energy
2. willpower

• alvvaheapme
• alvvaiduvvat
• alvvalaš

• Entry 24987 in Álgu database

From Vulgar Latin alba, the feminine of albus (“white”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪.βa/

alva f (plural alvas)

1. alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 2 (facsimile):

     Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary appeared to Saint Ildefonso in Toledo and gave him an alb from paradise to celebrate mass.

2. dawn
   • 13th - 14th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 567: De que morredes, filha, a do corpo velido? (facsimile)

     Alua e uay liero

     It's dawn, go quickly!

• Galician: alba
• Portuguese: alva

From Old Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin alba, from the feminine of albus (“white”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.va/, /ˈaw.vɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ.vɐ/
• Hyphenation: al‧va
• Rhymes: -awva

alva f (plural alvas)

1. alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)
2. dawn

alva

1. Feminine singular of adjective alvo.

alva f (Cyrillic spelling алва)

1. halva

• halva