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4-letter words (2 found)

AVAL,LAVA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AAL,ALA,AVA,LAV,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AL,LA,

You can make 9 words from lava according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lava

lava alva lvaa vlaa avla vala laav alav laav alav aalv aalv lvaa vlaa lava alva vala avla aval vaal aavl aavl vaal aval

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Definitions and meaning of lava

lava

Etymology

From Italian, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”). A supposed relation with lavare (“to wash”) is now widely discredited. Neither is there probably any relation with Arabic لابة (lāba, “black volcanic rock”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) enPR: läʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈlævə/
  • Homophone: larva (in non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)

  1. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  2. (informal, proscribed) Magma.
  3. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

Usage notes

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

Hyponyms

  • cryolava, pillow lava

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • aa
  • lavalava
  • pahoehoe

Anagrams

  • Alva, Vaal, aval

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

lava (definite accusative lavanı, plural lavalar)

  1. lava

Declension

References

  • “lava” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈla.βə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈla.və]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈla.va]

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

  1. lava

Further reading

  • “lava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian lava.

Noun

lava

  1. lava

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of lavice (“bench”)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • lava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava c (uncountable)

  1. lava

References

  • “lava” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑvɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑvɑ
  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava (genitive lava, partitive lava)

  1. stage

Declension

Further reading

  • lava in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “lava”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava (compare Estonian lava, Livonian lovā, Veps lava), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ (compare Latvian lāva, Lithuanian lova).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑʋɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝ʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): la‧va

Noun

lava

  1. platform; podium (a flat, raised surface)
    Synonyms: koroke, (rare) estradi
  2. bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
  3. stage (in a theatre, a concert hall or such)
    Synonyms: estradi, näyttämö
  4. Clipping of tanssilava.
  5. plant bed, raised bed (raised, framed platform for planting)
    Synonym: kasvilava
  6. pallet (transport pallet, also as a unit)
    Synonym: kuormalava
  7. (colloquial) case (pack of usually 24 cans of beer or other drink)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lava”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • vala

French

Pronunciation

Verb

lava

  1. third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

  • aval

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaba/ [ˈla.β̞ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava

Further reading

  • “lava” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology 2

Verb

lava

  1. inflection of lavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch lava, from Neapolitan lava (“lava”, but also “downpour overflowing the streets”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • Rhymes: -va, -a
  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava (plural lava-lava, first-person possessive lavaku, second-person possessive lavamu, third-person possessive lavanya)

  1. (geology) lava: the molten rock ejected by a volcano (hence on the surface) from its crater or fissured sides.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lava” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: là‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

  1. lava
Related terms
  • lavico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

  1. inflection of lavare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava or Italian lava.

Noun

lava f (genitive lavae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) lava
    Synonym: rhyax

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lavā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lavō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

  1. (geology) lava
Derived terms
  • lavastrøm

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • lavene

Noun

lava m or n

  1. definite neuter plural of lav

References

  • “lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect).

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

  1. (geology) lava

Etymology 2

Noun

lava n

  1. definite plural of lav

References

  • “lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”).

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava (melted rock)
Related terms
  • magma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lava

  1. inflection of lavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlava]

Noun

lava f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lavă

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

  1. (geology) lava

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaba/ [ˈla.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: la‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Neapolitan lava (“lava”) Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”).

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

  1. lava

Etymology 2

Deverbal from lavar.

Noun

lava f (uncountable)

  1. washing

Etymology 3

Verb

lava

  1. inflection of lavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “lava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English larva.

Noun

lava (n class, plural lava)

  1. larva
    Synonym: bombwe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lava.

Noun

lava (n class, plural lava)

  1. lava
    Synonym: zaha

Swedish

Noun

lava c

  1. lava

Derived terms

  • lavalampa

Anagrams

  • Alva

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lawa. Cognates include Hawaiian lawa and Samoan lava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈla.va]
  • Hyphenation: la‧va

Verb

lava

  1. (stative) to be enough

Particle

lava

  1. Expresses exclusiveness of the preceding word; just, only
  2. Intensifies the preceding word; just (the same), right (now)
  3. Forms a reflexive from the preceding personal pronoun; -self

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 181

Tsonga

Verb

lava

  1. to want

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava.

Noun

lava

  1. floor
  2. platform

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “площадка, пол, помост”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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