alva

From the al- stem of alszik (“to sleep”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlvɒ]

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• Hyphenation: al‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

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]

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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

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalːva/

alva

1. energy
2. willpower

• alvvaheapme
• alvvaiduvvat
• alvvalaš

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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 Galician-Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Classical Latin albus (“white”). Doublet of alba. Cognate with Galician alba.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvɐ, (Brazil) -awvɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧va

alva f (plural alvas)

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

   Synonyms: alba, alvorada, dilúculo

3. sclera

   Synonyms: esclera, esclerótica

alva

1. feminine singular of alvo

• “alva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “alva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

alva f (Cyrillic spelling алва)

1. halva

   Synonym: halva